Polycydora Diez, Hernández, Reygel, Roosen, and Artois 2018
- Dataset
- First record of Polycystididae (Platyhelminthes, Kalyptorhynchia) from Cuba, with the description of a new genus and five new species, and remarks and the description of one new species from Panama
- Rank
- GENUS
- Published in
- Diez, Yander L., Hernández, Claudia Sanjuan, Reygel, Patrick, Roosen, Paulien, Artois, Tom (2018): First record of Polycystididae (Platyhelminthes, Kalyptorhynchia) from Cuba, with the description of a new genus and five new species, and remarks and the description of one new species from Panama. Zootaxa 4514 (1): 107-125, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.1.9
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Platyhelminthes
- class
- Rhabditophora
- order
- Rhabdocoela
- family
- Polycystididae
- genus
- Polycydora
diagnosis
Diagnosis. Polycystididae with a proboscis showing four pairs of proboscis retractors and a ventral pair of integument retractors. Ovaries, testes and vitellaria paired. With a prostate stylet type II connected to a prostate vesicle type II containing eosinophilic secretion. Stalk of the male bursa with a thick, symmetrical muscle layer. Ovaries elongate, kidney shaped. Female bursa well-developed, with a long stalk, ending at the junction of the two oviducts.
etymology
Etymology. The name Polycydora is composed of Polycy-, taken from the genus Polycystis Kölliker, 1845, and of - dora, taken from the genus Paulodora Marcus, 1948, as the new genus shows some characters of both these genera.
materials_examined
Type species. Polycydora intermedia sp. n., by monotypy.