A new flatworm species of Temnocephala (Rhabdocoela, Temnocephalidae) ectosymbiont on the freshwater crab Valdivia serrata (Decapoda, Trichodactylidae) from Amazonas, Colombia

By

Lenis, Carolina
Ruiz-Lopez, J
Muskus, Carlos
Marcilla, Antonio
Vélez, Imelda

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

918

Pages

1--14

Subjects

Crustacea , Reserva Natural Tanimboca , taxonomy , Temnocephala ivandarioi sp. nov

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.918.38201

 

Abstract

A new species of temnocephalan is described from the branchial chambers ofValdivia serratain Colombia asTemnocephala ivandarioisp. nov.The most distinctive characters of the new species are in the cirrus and the epidermal ‘excretory’ syncytial plates. In the present study, the terminology to describe the cirrus of species ofTemnocephalais updated. Comparison between the shape of the cirrus of the temnocephalans associated with trichodactylid crabs is also provided.