Cheliplana curacaoensis Gobert, Diez, Monnens, Reygel, Van Steenkiste, Leander, and Artois 2021
- Dataset
- A revision of the genus Cheliplana de Beauchamp, 1927 (Rhabdocoela: Schizorhynchia), with the description of six new species
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Gobert, Stefan, Diez, Yander L., Monnens, Marlies, Reygel, Patrick, Van Steenkiste, Niels W. L., Leander, Brian S., Artois, Tom (2021): A revision of the genus Cheliplana de Beauchamp, 1927 (Rhabdocoela: Schizorhynchia), with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 4970 (3): 453-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4970.3.2
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Platyhelminthes
- class
- Rhabditophora
- order
- Rhabdocoela
- family
- Karkinorhynchidae
- genus
- Cheliplana
- species
- Cheliplana curacaoensis
description
Species of Cheliplana with proboscis with 15 - μm-long hook supports, bearing 28 - μm-long, smooth, curved hooks. Single testis and paired seminal vesicles. Elongate, 360 - μm-long copulatory bulb with muscular internal seminal vesicle, folded ejaculatory duct and sinusoidal, 265 - μm-long cirrus armed with spines that distally increase in length. Conspicuous, 40 – 50 - μm-long, urn-shaped cap around the distal part of the cirrus.