Enchiridium magec Cuadrado, Moro & Noreña, 2017

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 : 41-42

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.13973667

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F2DF38-0262-FF92-FE43-4DA4FAC97B84

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scientific name

Enchiridium magec Cuadrado, Moro & Noreña, 2017
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Enchiridium magec Cuadrado, Moro & Noreña, 2017 View in CoL

Enchiridium magec Cuadrado et al., 2017: 45–47 View in CoL , figs 3a–f, 11d (type locality: El Balito, Tenerife, Canary Archipelago, Spain).

Enchiridium magec View in CoL – Soutullo et al. 2021: 374–376 View Cited Treatment , fig. 4b–e (new record from Carbón Beach, Las Baulas National Park of Guanacaste, Costa Rica (10°20′53.4″ N, 85°51′44.5″ W )).

Distribution

El Balito, Tenerife, Canary Archipelago, Spain; Carbón Beach, Las Baulas National Park of Guanacaste, Costa Rica.

Habitat

Benthic, rocky substrates, at depths of 4–20 meters or low intertidal, below stones on sand.

Remarks

Enchiridium magec is a species described in the Atlantic Ocean in the Canary Archipelago by Cuadrado et al. (2017) and subsequently recorded in the Pacific Ocean in Guanacaste Costa Rica by Soutullo et al. (2021). Enchiridium magec is characterized by an elongated body with a smooth dorsal surface. The background color is yellow with cream dots and dark brown spots in the central area, forming a continuous longitudinal midline. The species possesses cerebral eyes and a tubular pharynx. The male reproductive system features a single male gonopore, anterior to the female, with an elongated penis papilla armed with a long tubular stylet, two interpolated prostatic vesicles included in a very characteristic muscular bulb, and a seminal vesicle surrounded by a second muscular bulb. The female reproductive system presents a short, posteriorly oriented vagina, surrounded by cement glands. The present study considers the species’ record on the west coast of Central America as questionable and suggests a review of the material and the mechanisms of interoceanic dispersal of the species.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Platyhelminthes

Order

Polycladida

Family

Prosthiostomidae

Genus

Enchiridium

Loc

Enchiridium magec Cuadrado, Moro & Noreña, 2017

Ramos-Sánchez, Mariela 2024
2024
Loc

Enchiridium magec

Cuadrado D. & Moro L. & Norena C. 2017: 47
2017
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