Baseodiscus jonasii, Strand & Hjelmgren & Sundberg, 2005
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930500370952 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5C48CF2D-FFEE-B441-FE00-FF2368943660 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Baseodiscus jonasii |
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sp. nov. |
Baseodiscus jonasii View in CoL sp. nov.
( Figure 3 View Figure 3 ; Table I)
Type material
Holotype: MNHG catalogue number 78, of unknown sex, transverse sections of the anterior end, 18 slides (marked SOL6/1). The 16S rRNA gene sequence of the holotype is deposited in Genbank (accession number AY955230 View Materials ) . Paratypes: three (marked SOL6/2 (39 slides), SOL6/3 (13 slides), SOL6/4 (20 slides)) of unknown sex, transverse sections of the anterior end and in one specimen (SOL6/2) various mid-body regions.
Type locality
Mendana Reef, Honiara, Solomon Islands. Intertidal, among dead corals on reef flats.
Etymology
The name is dedicated to the finder of the first specimen, Jonas Sundberg.
External features
Length about 60 cm, width about 4 mm, ground colour reddish brown with numerous longitudinal yellowish beige stripes extending full length of body. Head rounded, clearly demarcated from trunk ( Figure 3 View Figure 3 ). Eyes not clearly visible in living specimens but can be seen on histological sections, lying beneath epidermis. Mouth situated ventrally, just behind the cerebral ganglia. Proboscis pore subterminal. Cephalic slits absent. Head retracted into trunk upon preservation.
Internal morphology
Indistinguishable from Baseodiscus delineatus ( Table I).
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