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New publication: Tsuyuki et al. Zoosystematics and Evolution

October 1, 2024
Figure 2. Reinhardorhynchus ryukyuensis sp. nov. A, B. Micrograph and drawing of a live animal. C. Detail of the atrial organs in a live specimen. D. Male copulatory organ in a whole-mounted specimen fixed in lactophenol. E, F. Drawing and micrograph of the sclerotized parts of the male copulatory organ in the holo/paratype. G, H. Drawing and micrograph of the sclerotized parts of the male copulatory organ in the holo/paratype

Aoi Tsuyuki, Jhoe Reyes, Yuki Oya, Kevin C. Wakeman, Brian S. Leander, Niels W. L. Van Steenkiste. 2024. Marine microturbellarians from Japan, with descriptions oftwo new species of Reinhardorhynchus (Platyhelminthes, Rhabdocoela, Koinocystididae). Zoosystematics and Evolution

Abstract

Marine microturbellarians are an assemblage of meiofaunal flatworms abundant in sediments and on seaweeds around the world. The diversity and distribution of these animals in Japan are poorly understood. Here, we provide an overview of all recorded species in Japan and characterize two new species of the rhabdocoel genus Reinhardorhynchus based on morphological features and a molecular phylogeny inferred from 18S and 28S rDNA sequences. Reinhardorhynchus ryukyuensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from other species in the genus by the lack of an armed cirrus and by the presence of two larger opposing hooks and five smaller interconnected hooks in its male copulatory organ. Reinhardorhynchus sagamianus sp. nov. differs from its congeners because its male copulatory organ combines a bipartite cirrus armed with a belt of overlapping scale-like spines, an unarmed accessory cirrus, and two large distal accessory hooks. Our molecular phylogenetic analyses show that R. ryukyuensis sp. nov. and R. sagamianus sp. nov. form a clade with all the other species of Reinhardorhynchus for which DNA sequence data are available. Within this clade, R. sagamianus sp. nov. is in a clade that also includes R. riegeri and R. anamariae. The discovery of these new species highlights the importance of uncovering and documenting the hidden biodiversity along Japan’s coastal margin.

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