Cryptostylochus sesei Soutullo, Cuadrado & Noreña, 2021

Ramos-Sánchez, Mariela, 2024, The polyclads (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida) from the Tropical Eastern Pacific: Commented checklist and description of a new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 962 (1), pp. 1-67 : 30

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2024.962.2683
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:40171C5B-90EB-4641-91FF-EA8CA2C60D23
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13947344
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scientific name	Cryptostylochus sesei Soutullo, Cuadrado & Noreña, 2021
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Cryptostylochus sesei Soutullo, Cuadrado & Noreña, 2021 View in CoL

Cryptostylochus sesei Soutullo et al., 2021: 364–366 View in CoL View Cited Treatment , fig. 1a, d–f (type locality: Playa Carbón, Las Baulas National Marine Park of Guanacaste, Costa Rica, 10°20′53.4″ N, 85°51′44.5″ W).

Distribution

Playa Carbón, Las Baulas National Marine Park of Guanacaste, Costa Rica.

Habitat

Benthic, low intertidal, under stones and sand.

Remarks

Cryptostylochus currently comprises four species: C. coseirensis ( Bock, 1925) , C. hullensis Faubel & Gollasch, 1996 , C. koreensis Bulnes, Faubel & Park, 2005 and C. sesei . Cryptostylochus sensei has a dark yellow background color densely mottled with orange. It features nuchal tentacles at the end of the first third of the body, and cerebral and tentacular eyes. The male reproductive system contains a muscular seminal vesicle, a monoglandular prostatic vesicle, and a penis papilla housed in a welldeveloped heart-shaped atrium. The female reproductive system consists of an internal vagina and an external vagina, but lacks a Lang’s vesicle.