Three new species of Macrostomum (Platyhelminthes, Macrostomorpha) from China and Australia, with notes on taxonomy and phylogenetics.

ABSTRACT: In this paper, three species of the macrostomid free-living flatworm genus Macrostomum are described. Two species, Macrostomumlittorale Wang & Shi, sp. nov. and M.shekouense Wang & Shi, sp. nov., were collected from coastal water at Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. One species, M.brandi Wang & Shi, sp. nov., was collected from Perth, Western Australia and Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia. Macrostomumlittorale sp. nov. differs from congeneric species within the genus in the length of the stylet, diameter of stylet opening, and the bend of the stylet. Macrostomumshekouense sp. nov. and M.brandi sp. nov. differ from similar species within the genus in the stylet morphology, position of the female an

SUBMITTER: Shi Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9848920 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature