Paulodora subcontorta (Schockaert 1982) (Schockaert, 1982) Artois & Schockaert 1998
- Dataset
- Polycystididae (Rhabditophora: Rhabdocoela: Kalyptorhynchia) from the Indian Ocean, with the description of twelve new species
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Platyhelminthes
- class
- Rhabditophora
- order
- Rhabdocoela
- family
- Polycystididae
- genus
- Paulodora
- species
- Paulodora subcontorta
description
Syn. Polycystis subcontorta Schockaert, 1982 Known distribution. North of Mogadiscio (Hawadli) (Schockaert 1982). New localities in the Indian Ocean. Bird Island (Seychelles): south-east part of the island, coarse sand from a little pool on the reef front (24 / 12 / 1992). Desroches Island (Seychelles): a little bit of sand and Halimedia from rocks under the reef (24 m) (07 / 01 / 1993). Zanzibar Island (Tanzania): Ulva - like algae and short encrusting algae from rocks and a rocky stair behind the Institute of Marine Sciences (10 / 08 / 1995).
discussion
Remarks. The record in Kenya by Jouk & De Vocht (1989) refers to another species: P. h a m i f e r n. sp. (see earlier). The prostate stylets type I of the newly-found specimens are 100 – 145 µm long (= 124, n = 3). This range clearly fits the measurement on the holotype, which has a 126 µm-long stylet (Schockaert 1982). In one of the newly-found specimens, the “ vesicles ” communicating with the oviducts (see Schockaert 1982) are filled with sperm, thus they function as seminal receptacles.
materials_examined
Material. The material of the original description, including the holotype (now in SMNH). Three animals studied alive, one from each new locality, all of them mounted.