Phaenocora anophthalma ( Vejdovský, 1895 ) Hofsten, 1907

Houben, Albrecht M., Steenkiste, Niels Van & Artois, Tom J., 2014, Revision of Phaenocora Ehrenberg, 1836 (Rhabditophora, Typhloplanidae, Phaenocorinae) with the description of two new species, Zootaxa 3889 (3), pp. 301-354 : 332-333

Phaenocora anophthalma ( Vejdovský, 1895) Hofsten, 1907

(Figs 14D1–D2, 15F)

Derostoma anophtalmum Vejdovský 1895: 114 , 128, 129, plate 5 Figs 37, 37a, plate 6 Figs 45–50; Dorner 1902: 493; Sekera 1904: 440 –441; Cognetti de Martiis 1916: 233; Gilbert 1935: 294, 284, 342, 357; Gilbert 1938b: 216.

Phaenocora anophthalma Hofsten 1907: 550 –551; Graff 1909: 93, 95, Fig. 192; Hofsten 1911: 38, 45; Gilbert 1935: 318.

Phaenocora vejdovskyi Graff 1913: 135 , 146, Fig. 148; Meixner 1915: 536, 539, 540–541; Beklemischev 1929: 534; Gilbert 1935: 284, 294, 342–343, 352, 357, 364–366, 369, TextFigs 3Ia, 3Ib, table 1, 2; Gilbert 1938b: 216.

Phoenocora vejdovskyi (incorrect subsequent spelling) Cognetti de Martiis 1916: 233.

Known distribution: Klecany near Prague ( Czech Republic) in mud from a pond ( Vejdovský 1895; Graff 1913), Former East Prussia (i.e. present-day Latvia and Lithuania) ( Dorner 1902; Graff 1913). Material examined: None.

Diagnosis: Animals up to 3 mm long, with a small tail. Visible eyes absent. Subdermal pigmentation is present, exact colouration unknown. Zoochlorellae present, sparsely distributed. Male copulatory organ of the duplex-type IIIB. Spines in four rows, three of which are situated at the ventral side of the copulatory organ and the fourth at its dorsal side. In addition to these rows of spines, four dorsal spines with a basal plate occur. Female genital system of the AGLOBULATA - type or the UNIPUNCTATA - type.

Remark: The presence of a burso-intestinal duct was not described by Vejdovský (1895). Gilbert (1935) assumed its presence because the proximal part of the intestinal bursa was described as a long channel-like blind sac (see Hofsten 1911 and Fig. 15 F: el).

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FIGURE 15. Reproduction of female genital system of various species. A, Phaenocora virginiana (after Gilbert 1935). B, P. falciodenticulata (after Gilbert 1938 b). C, P. kepneri (after Gilbert 1935). D, P. brincki (after Marcus & Marcus 1959). E, P. sulfophila (after Gilbert 1938 a). F, P. anophthalma (after Vejdovský 1895). G, P. gracilis (after Vejdovský 1895).