Published August 18, 2023 | Version v1
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Umbotectum capitofalcatum Sola & Sluys 2023, sp. nov.

Description

Umbotectum capitofalcatum Solà & Sluys, sp. nov.

Material: Holotype, RMNH.VER.21025.a (field number RS325), Field station Danau Girang, Kinabatangan River flood plain, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, approx. 5°24’52.2’’N 118°02’11.7’’E, March 2012, coll. Dr. Heike Kappes, six portions sectioned at intervals of 8 μm, comprising a total of 210 slides: horizontal sections of the head on 29 slides; horizontal sections on 27 slides and sagittal sections on 35 slides of the portion between the “neck” and the pharynx; transverse sections containing the pharynx on 35 slides; sagittal sections containing the copulatory apparatus on 54 slides; sagittal sections of the tail on 30 slides. The tip of the tail was cut off before sectioning, to be used for molecular analyses.

Notes

Published as part of Solà, Eduard, Sluys, Ronald, Riutort, Marta & Kawakatsu, Masaharu, 2023, Molecular phylogenetics facilitates the first historical biogeographic analysis of the hammerhead worms (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Bipaliinae), with the description of twelve new species and two new genera, pp. 1-77 in Zootaxa 5335 (1) on page 44, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5335.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8261375

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
RMNH
Family
Bipaliidae
Genus
Umbotectum
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Tricladida
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Scientific name authorship
Sola & Sluys
Species
capitofalcatum
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Umbotectum capitofalcatum Solà & Sluys, 2023