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Gieysztoria ornata Hofsten 1907

Description

Gieysztoria ornata (Hofsten, 1907)

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Synonyms: Dalyellia ornata Hofsten, 1907

Microdalyellia ornata Gieysztor, 1938

Locality. Temporary pools on Mount Kavul and Mount Shekhanya, Lower Galilee.

Material. Many individuals. Live observations, squash preparations, whole-mounted individual. Ecological features. Gieysztoria ornata dwells in temporary pools with dense vegetation and also in cold lakes in the northern regions of Europe (Luther, 1955). In Israel, G. ornata was found in pools without vegetation, some with filamentous algae (March 2000, January 2001, February–April 2002).

Gieysztoria ornata is known from Europe, Greenland and Brazil (Steinböck, 1932; Marcus, 1946; Luther, 1955; Gamo & Leal-Zanchet, 2004). G. ornata was reported from Israel for the first time by Eitam et al.

Other

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 pages 5-6, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.180877

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Dalyelliidae
Genus
Gieysztoria
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Rhabdocoela
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Scientific name authorship
Hofsten
Species
ornata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Gieysztoria ornata Hofsten, 1907 sec. Noreña, Eitam & Blaustein, 2008

References

  • Luther, A. (1955) Die Dalyelliiden. Acta Zoologica Fennica, 87, 337 pp.
  • Steinbock, O. (1932) Die Turbellarien des arktischen Gebietes. Fauna Arctica Jena, 6, 295 - 342.
  • Marcus, E. (1946) Sobre turbellaria limnicos brasileiros. Boletins da Facultade de Filosofia, Ciencias e Letras. Universidade de Sao Paulo, Zoologia, 11, 5 - 254.
  • Gamo, J. & Leal-Zanchet, A. M. (2004) Freshwater microturbellarians (Platyhelminthes) from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 21, 897 - 903.