Maehrenthaliella intermedia (Graff, 1882)

Faubel, A. & Warwick, R. M., 2005, The marine flora and fauna of the Isles of Scilly: Free-living Plathelminthes (‘ Turbellaria’), Journal of Natural History 39 (1), pp. 1-45 : 29

Maehrenthaliella intermedia (v. Graff 1882) Karling, 1985

Byrsophlebs intermedia v. Graff, 1882: 276; pl. VII: 15–20.

Maehrenthalia intermedia : v. Graff, 1913: 97.

Material examined

Site 12: one specimen in squash preparation.

Geographical distribution. NE Atlantic: Ireland (Co. Mayo); Irish Sea: Ireland (Co. Dublin), North Channel (Firth of Clyde: Great Cumbrae Island, Millport); North Sea: Norway (Bergen, Biol. Station Herdla) (v. Graff 1913; Luther 1936; Karling 1985).

Remarks

During squeezing the animal was burst. The determination of the species is based on characters as follows: with two eyes, pharynx behind mid-body, germar lateral beside pharynx, bilateral testes, sclerotized stylet tubular, with a distal bend of an angle of about 90 °, pointed.