✦ LIBER ✦
Myoretronectes paranaensisn. gen. et sp., a new freshwater genus of the family Retronectidae (Turbellaria, Catenulida) from the Paraná, Argentina
✍ Scribed by C. Noreña-Janssen; A. Faubel
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 488 KB
- Volume
- 330
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1573-5141
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✦ Synopsis
Myoretronectes paranaensis, g en . e t sp . n ., from lotic sandy bottoms of the Parana river, Argentina, is described . The establishment of the new genus is based on the presence of a non-ciliated pharynx, a discrete oesophagus, and a strong muscle system surrounding the distal pharynx . A new emended diagnosis of the family Retronectidae is presented . Myoretronectes paranaensis apparently cohabits with the oligochaete Narapa bonettoi Righi & Varela, 1983 and the copepod Parastenocaris sp .