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Total Authors: 3
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| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Estadual Campinas, Dept Anim Biol, Inst Biol, BR-13083970 Campinas, SP - Brazil
[2] Univ Modena & Reggio Emilia, Dept Life Sci, Via G Campi 213-D, I-41125 Modena - Italy
Total Affiliations: 2
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | DIVERSITY-BASEL; v. 12, n. 2 FEB 2020. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 1 |
| Abstract | |
The family Turbanellidae includes Paraturbanella and five other genera. Despite the fact that the monophyly of these genera were not satisfactorily tested, species belonging to the genus Paraturbanella are distinguished from turbanellids by sharing a peculiar group of tubes on the ventrolateral side of the anterior pharyngeal region known as ``dohrni{''} tubes. In this study, Paraturbanella tricaudata species nova (sp. nov.) from the intertidal zone of a sandy beach in Trindade (Rio de Janeiro State) and the sublittoral sand of Prumirim Island (Sao Paulo State), Brazil, is described. The new species can be distinguished from all other Paraturbanella species by the presence of three caudal cones (one medial and two laterals to it) and peculiar arrangement of the male system. This is the first description of a Paraturbanella species from Brazil and the third registered from the Southern Hemisphere (as opposed to 19 species in the Northern Hemisphere); thus, knowledge of marine gastrotrichs biodiversity in this region is far from satisfactory. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 14/23856-0 - Phylogenetic reconstruction of Gastrotricha based on molecular and morphological data |
| Grantee: | André Rinaldo Senna Garraffoni |
| Support Opportunities: | BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Young Investigators Grants |