Description of Xenotrichula tropicalis sp. nov. (Gastrotricha: Chaetonotida) and New Records of Xenotrichulidae Species from Brazil and USA

Thiago Q. Araújo; Alfredo H. Wieloch; Rick Hochberg; André R. S. Garraffoni

doi:10.3161/00034541ANZ2022.72.2.001

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30 June 2022 Description of Xenotrichula tropicalis sp. nov. (Gastrotricha: Chaetonotida) and New Records of Xenotrichulidae Species from Brazil and USA

Thiago Q. Araújo, Alfredo H. Wieloch, Rick Hochberg, André R. S. Garraffoni

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Annales Zoologici, 72(2):167-185 (2022). https://doi.org/10.3161/00034541ANZ2022.72.2.001

Abstract

Sampling of twelve locations along the north east coast of the USA and Brazilian coasts yielded five new records of Xenotrichulidae species (Xenotrichula guadalupensis, X. carolinensis, X. intermedia, Heteroxenotrichula pygmaea and Draculiciteria tesselata) and the description of a new species of Xenotrichula, X. tropicalis sp. nov. from Brazil. The new species is unique among its congeners in possessing double edge rounded scales on the ventral edge of the pharynx and two rows of flat plates on the ventral trunk.

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Thiago Q. Araújo, Alfredo H. Wieloch, Rick Hochberg, and André R. S. Garraffoni "Description of Xenotrichula tropicalis sp. nov. (Gastrotricha: Chaetonotida) and New Records of Xenotrichulidae Species from Brazil and USA," Annales Zoologici 72(2), 167-185, (30 June 2022). https://doi.org/10.3161/00034541ANZ2022.72.2.001

Received: 3 January 2022; Accepted: 21 April 2022; Published: 30 June 2022

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