Description of a New Scaled Species of <i>Ptychostomella</i> (Gastrotricha: Macrodasyida) from the Brazilian Coast and a Cladistics Analysis of the Genus

A new species of marine Gastrotricha from the north coast of São Paulo state, Brazil, is described. Adults of <i>Ptychostomella sebastiana</i> sp. nov. are unique in that they possess a pair of dorsolateral “rod-like” cephalic sensory organs and subrectangular scales covering the lateral...

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Main Authors: Thiago Q. Araújo, André R. S. Garraffoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-10-01
Series:Taxonomy
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2673-6500/1/4/22