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Description of two new species of Myersinella (Rotifera: Monogononta: Dicranophoridae) from the Mediterranean

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 October 2007

Willem H. De Smet
Willem H. De Smet
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Laboratory of Polar Biology and Palaeobiolgy, University of Antwerp, Campus Drie Eiken, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Wilrijk, Antwerpen, Belgium. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Two new species of rotifers belonging to the Dicranophoridae are described from marine psammon collected at a depth of 30–40 m in the Mediterranean near the island of Elba, Italy. Myersinella uncodonta sp. nov. is characterized by two colourless eyespots; single, incurved acute apical rami teeth; two needle-shaped, slightly incurved elongate unci; manubria with forked head and crutched cauda; outer margin of rami angular postero-laterally. Myersinella longiforceps sp. nov. is characterized by two large red eyespots; a pair of extremely elongated, gouge-shaped apical rami teeth; two short, needle-shaped unci; manubria with forked head and double-crutched cauda; outer margin of rami rounded laterally, tapering towards fulcrum. This is the first report of the genus Myersinella from marine environments.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 87 , Issue 5 , October 2007 , pp. 1105 - 1110
Copyright
2007 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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