Revision of Phaenocora Ehrenberg, 1836 (Rhabditophora, Typhloplanidae, Phaenocorinae) with the description of two new species
Author
Houben, Albrecht M.
Author
Steenkiste, Niels Van
Author
Artois, Tom J.
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Zootaxa
2014
3889
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301
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.3889.3.1
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Phaenocora cucurbitina
Beklemischev, 1918
(Figs 11F1–F2)
Phaenocora cucurbitina
Beklemischev 1918
: 49
–50, 74–75,
Figs 6–7
;
Stummer-Traunfels & Meixner 1930
: 3392
;
Gilbert 1935
: 285
;
Marcus 1946
: 72
.
Known distribution:
Vameljoki near Saint Petersburg (
Russia
) (
Beklemischev 1918
).
Material examined:
None.
Diagnosis:
Animals about
3 mm
long, with reddish-brown eyes. Head with a reddish colour and a branched pigmentation pattern, which also appears reddish-brown. Zoochlorellae not mentioned in literature.
Male
copulatory organ of the duplex-type IB, its spines having the appearance of melon seeds. Female genital system not very well known, although it is clear that a female genital canal, a genito-bursal duct and an intestinal bursa are present; hence either of the
UNIPUNCTATA
-
type
or the
AGLOBULATA
-
type
.
Remark:
The female genital structures of this species are not satisfactorily described. Beklemischev’s (1918) figure 6 clearly shows the presence of a female genital canal, genito-bursal duct and intestinal duct (also Fig. 11F1). The presence or absence of a burso-intestinal duct is not specifically mentioned (
Beklemischev 1918
).