Five typhloplanoids from the Australian East Coast are reported, three of them new to science. Two taxa are members of Promesostomidae: Vauclusia conica n.g. n.sp., characterised by a cone-shaped stylet, the presence of a female bursa and a very long, partially-swollen female duct; Brinkmanniella australiensis n.sp. has a funnel-shaped stylet with a smooth distal tip. Pilamonila bimascula n.g. n.sp. is a representative of the Solenopharyngidae, characterised by a stylet within a cirrus. The known species found are Ceratopera axi and Ptychopera scutulifer.
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1 March 2004
Reports on the Free-Living Platyhelminthes from Australia: Typhloplanoida, with the Description of Three New Taxa
Wim Willems,
Tom Artois,
Wouter Vermin,
Thierry Backeljau,
Ernest Schockaert
‘Turbellaria’
Promesostomidae
Solenopharyngidae
taxonomy
trigonostomidae