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A new species of Turbanellidae (Gastrotricha, Macrodasyida) from Jamaica, with a key to species of Paraturbanella.


ABSTRACT: The study falls within the framework of a wider research programme aimed at investigating the gastrotrich diversity of the Tropical North-Western Atlantic (TNWA). A new macrodasyidan gastrotrich is described from fine-medium sand collected at Duncans Bay, Jamaica. The description is based on observations carried out on living specimens using differential interference contrast microscopy. Paraturbanella xaymacanasp. n., the third gastrotrich taxon reported from Jamaica, is a mid-sized species, up to 564 ?m long, with a feeble peribuccal swelling. The most obvious autapomorphic traits pertain to the testes and the male pore, both of which are located approximately at mid body, rather than at- or near the pharyngo-intestinal junction as occur in the other species of the genus. Additional differences with congeners are discussed and a key to the Paraturbanella species is provided, in the hope it will be useful to both gastrotrich experts and marine ecologists who discover these microscopic metazoans during their research.

SUBMITTER: Zotto MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5904343 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A new species of Turbanellidae (Gastrotricha, Macrodasyida) from Jamaica, with a key to species of <i>Paraturbanella</i>.

Zotto Matteo Dal MD   Leasi Francesca F   Todaro M Antonio MA  

ZooKeys 20180205 734


The study falls within the framework of a wider research programme aimed at investigating the gastrotrich diversity of the Tropical North-Western Atlantic (TNWA). A new macrodasyidan gastrotrich is described from fine-medium sand collected at Duncans Bay, Jamaica. The description is based on observations carried out on living specimens using differential interference contrast microscopy. <i>Paraturbanella xaymacana</i><b>sp. n.</b>, the third gastrotrich taxon reported from Jamaica, is a mid-siz  ...[more]

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