Three new species of acotylean polyclads (Platyhelminthes) from Queensland, Australia, with the erection of a new genus
Published online: 22 November 2018
Beveridge, I. 2018. Three new species of acotylean polyclads (Platyhelminthes) from Queensland, Australia, with the erection of a new genus. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 61:143-153. https://doi.org/10.17082/j.2204-1478.61.2018.2017-12
5 June 2018
22 November 2018
https://doi.org/10.17082/j.2204-1478.61.2018.2017-12
new genera, new species, Polycladida, Platyhelminthes
Three new acotylean polyclads are described from the littoral zone in Queensland. Amyris bulbosa sp. nov. (Notoplanidae Faubel, 1983) is distinguished from congeners in possessing a prominent vagina bulbosa. Emprosthopharynx heroniensis sp. nov. (Stylochoplanidae Faubel, 1983) differs from related species in lacking sub-marginal eyes and tentacles, in the anterior position of the cerebral eyes, and possessing few ruffles in the pharynx and uterine vesicles. Zygantrella queenslandensis gen. nov., sp. nov. is erected as a monotypic genus within the Ilyplanidae Faubel, 1983 differing from confamilial genera in lacking a prostate but possessing a common gonopore and a penis stylet.
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