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4 May 2018 Body doubles: an integrative taxonomic approach reveals new sibling species of land planarians
Silvana Vargas do Amaral, Giovana Gamino Ribeiro, Victor Hugo Valiati, Ana Maria Leal-Zanchet
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Abstract

Records of cryptic species have continued to emerge in the scientific literature, often revealed by the use of molecular phylogenetic analyses in an integrative taxonomic approach. This study addresses a group of four striped flatworms from the genus Pasipha Ogren & Kawakatsu, showing a pale median stripe on a dark dorsal surface. Based on morphological and molecular analyses from the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene (COI), we establish that we are dealing with sibling species that are closely related to P. brevilineata Leal-Zanchet, Rossi & Alvarenga, 2012, a recently described species with a similar colour pattern. Thus, we describe three of the studied flatworms as new species and propose one new unconfirmed candidate species based on molecular data. In addition, sequence analysis revealed 40 nucleotide autapomorphies supporting the species studied herein. Considering anatomical and histological features, the three new species are differentiated from their congeners mainly by details of the copulatory apparatus, such as the occurrence of an epithelium of pseudostratified appearance lining the female atrium and the shape and position of the proximal portion of the prostatic vesicle.

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Silvana Vargas do Amaral, Giovana Gamino Ribeiro, Victor Hugo Valiati, and Ana Maria Leal-Zanchet "Body doubles: an integrative taxonomic approach reveals new sibling species of land planarians," Invertebrate Systematics 32(3), 533-550, (4 May 2018). https://doi.org/10.1071/IS17046
Received: 26 April 2017; Accepted: 13 September 2017; Published: 4 May 2018
KEYWORDS
cryptic species
DNA barcoding
Geoplaninae
Integrative taxonomy
land flatworms
phylogeny
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