Cryptocelis insularis Hyman, 1953

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 : 11

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.13947278
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scientific name	Cryptocelis insularis Hyman, 1953
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Cryptocelis insularis Hyman, 1953 View in CoL

Cryptocelis insularis Hyman, 1953b: 186–187 View in CoL , 200, figs 3–4 (type locality: Tagus Cove, Isabela Island, Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador).

Distribution

Tagus Cove, Isabela Island, Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador.

Habitat

Benthic (sandy bottom, at depths of 18–36 m).

Remarks

Cryptocelis insularis is distinguished from all previously described valid species of Cryptocelis by its scarcity of eyes, the limitation of the marginal eyes to the anterior body region, and the division of the eosinophilous and cyanophilous part of the prostatic vesicle into narrow transverse chambers.