Cycloporus pinkipus Egger & Dittmann 2023, sp. n.
Description
Cycloporus pinkipus Egger & Dittmann sp. n.
(Figs. 1–6)
Material examined. Cycloporus pinkipus sp. n. specimens #1 and #2 used for molecular analysis. Specimens #3 and #5 sagittally sectioned. Specimens #1, #2, #3, #4 and #5 used for live observations. Specimen #6 cross-sectioned.
Type material. Serial sections of holotype and paratypes submitted to the Natural History Museum Vienna, Austria. GenBank accession numbers of partial nuclear ribosomal subunits of specimen #2 are OQ676574 (18S) and OQ676575 (28S). The ZooBank registration number is urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 6765D50D-C5C8-44D3-A032- 29FDFAC6165F.
Holotype. One sagittally sectioned specimen (#3) stained with AZAN (NHMW-ZOO-EV-M-5880).
Paratype 1. One sagittally sectioned specimen (#5) stained with AZAN (NHMW-ZOO-EV-M-5881).
Paratype 2. One cross-sectioned specimen (#6) stained with AZAN (NHMW-ZOO-EV-M-5882).
Type locality. Port of Punat, Krk, Croatia (45°01’23’’N 14°37’41’’E).
Habitat. Animals were found in brown algae.
Etymology. The species epithet ‘pinkipus’ refers to the typical pink spots which characterises the dorsal colouration, and rhymes with ‘Cycloporus’.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- AZAN
- Family
- Stylostomidae
- Genus
- Cycloporus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Polycladida
- Phylum
- Platyhelminthes
- Scientific name authorship
- Egger & Dittmann
- Species
- pinkipus
- Taxonomic status
- sp. nov.
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype , paratype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Cycloporus pinkipus Dittmann & Egger, 2023