Two new Pleioplana species (Platyhelminthes, Polycladida, Acotylea) from Turkey

VERÓNICA N. BULNES; EVRIM KALKAN; SELAHATTIN ÜNSAL KARHAN

JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY

Taylor & Francis

Lugar: Londres; Año: 2009 vol. 43 p. 2273 - 2281

0022-2933

Two new species of flatworms, Pleioplana bosphorensis sp. nov. and Pleioplana okusi sp. nov., Acotylea, Polycladida, are described from shallow rocky shores of the Turkish Straits System, north-western Turkey. Both species are characterised by a prostatic vesicle of atomata-type, stylet and Lang’s vesicle. P. bosphorensis possesses a body of fleshy consistency and without tentacles, with spermiducal bulbs; elongatedseminal vesicleand rounded prostaticwith four tubular chambers and a conical, strong, large and straight stylet. P. okusi has a translucent body, tentacular knobs, large seminal vesicle, elongated prostatic vesicle with six tubular chambers, and a long slender slightly curved stylet.