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Bothromesostoma personatum Schmidt 1848
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Bothromesostoma personatum (Schmidt, 1848)
Synonyms: Planaria nigricans Fabricius, 1826
Mesostoma personatum Schmidt, 1848 Typhloplana nigra Houghton, 1867
Locality. Temporary pool in Lahav, northern Negev.
Material. Many individuals. Live observations, squash preparations.
Ecological features. Bothromesostoma personatum is a springtime species (captured in March 2000), typical of pools and small brooks. Normally this species swims upside-down, attaching itself to the surface film.
Bothromesostoma personatum is well-known in Eurasia, including Greenland (Steinböck, 1932; Luther, 1963; Young, 1970; Mack-Fira, 1974). This is the first record for Israel.
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Published as part of Noreña, Carolina, Eitam, Avi & Blaustein, Leon, 2008, " Microturbellarian " flatworms (Platyhelminthes) from freshwater pools: New species and records from Israel, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 1705 on page 9, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.180877Files
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- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.180877 (DOI)
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Biodiversity
- Family
- Typhloplanidae
- Genus
- Bothromesostoma
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Rhabdocoela
- Phylum
- Platyhelminthes
- Scientific name authorship
- Schmidt
- Species
- personatum
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Bothromesostoma personatum Schmidt, 1848 sec. Noreña, Eitam & Blaustein, 2008
References
- Steinbock, O. (1932) Die Turbellarien des arktischen Gebietes. Fauna Arctica Jena, 6, 295 - 342.
- Luther, A. (1963) Die Turbellarien Ostfennoskandiens. IV. Neorhabdocoela 2. Typhloplanoida: Typhloplanidae, Solenopharyngidae und Carcharodopharyngidae. Fauna Fennica, 16, 1 - 163.
- Young, J. O. (1970) British and Irish freshwater microturbellaria: historical records, new records and a key for their identification. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie, 67, 210 - 241.
- Mack-Fira, V. (1974) The turbellarian fauna of the Romanian littoral waters of the Black Sea and its annexes. In: N. W. RISER AND M. P. MORSE, Ed, Biology of Turbellaria. McGraw-Hill, New York: 248 - 290.