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Brachyrhynchus n. gen. n. sp., a new genus of Polycystididae Graff, 1905 (Rhabdocoela: Kalyptorhynchia), with the description of three new species from the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean
Artois, T.; Willems, W.; Reygel, P.; Schockaert, E. (2013). Brachyrhynchus n. gen. n. sp., a new genus of Polycystididae Graff, 1905 (Rhabdocoela: Kalyptorhynchia), with the description of three new species from the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 3635(2): 127-136. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3635.2.3
In: Zootaxa. Magnolia Press: Auckland. ISSN 1175-5326; e-ISSN 1175-5334
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Keywords
    Biodiversity
    Classification > Taxonomy
    Flatworms
    Platyhelminthes [WoRMS]; Polycystididae Graff, 1905 [WoRMS]
    Marine/Coastal
Author keywords
    Microturbellaria

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  • Artois, T.
  • Willems, W.
  • Reygel, P.
  • Schockaert, E.

Abstract
    Three new species of Polycystididae are described: Brachyrhynchus triplostylis n. gen. n. sp., B. acutus n. sp. and B. oosterlyncki n. sp. They are the first species of Polycystididae to be described with a second, single-walled accessory stylet connected to a small glandular vesicle in the male system. The three species can be distinguished from each other by the detailed morphology and the relative lengths of the three stylets in the male system. The relationships of these species with other representatives of Polycystididae are discussed.

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