Luitfriedia minuta gen. et sp. nov. (Mollusca: Solenogastres), a new species from Galicia, North-West Spain
García-Alvarez, O.; Urgorri, V. (2001). Luitfriedia minuta gen. et sp. nov. (Mollusca: Solenogastres), a new species from Galicia, North-West Spain. Cah. Biol. Mar. 42(3): 197-202
In: Cahiers de Biologie Marine. Station Biologique de Roscoff: Paris. ISSN 0007-9723; e-ISSN 2262-3094, more
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- García-Alvarez, O.
- Urgorri, V.
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| Abstract |
During the expeditions FAUNA IBERICA II and CANGREXO I off the coast of the Iberian peninsula, eighteen specimens of Luitfriedia minuta gen. et sp. nov., were collected in Galicia (NW Spain). The new species, which belongs to the sub-family Eleutheromeniinae of the family Pararrhopaliidae, is characterized by a thick cuticle with hollow, acicular and hooked spicules; a pedal groove with one fold that does not enter the pallial cavity; the absence of a radula and a radular sac rudimentary; no dorsal pharyngeal gland; the ventral foregut glandular organs belong to the type A (according to Salvini-Plawen, 1978); the midgut is devoid of a dorsal caecum; the posterior-most sole glands are enlarged and the unpaired genital orifice has a muscular sphincter. There are no copulatory and abdominal spicules; ten to twelve respiratory folds are present. The features of the new species are discussed and compared with those of other species of the subfamily. |
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