Article (Scientific journals)
Taxonomic description and 3D modelling of a new species of myzostomid (Annelida, Myzostomida) associated with black corals from Madagascar
Terrana, Lucas; Eeckhaut, Igor
2017In Zootaxa
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
 

Files


Full Text
Taxonomic description and 3D modelling of a new species of myzostomid associated with black corals from Madagascar.pdf
Publisher postprint (11.68 MB)
Request a copy

All documents in ORBi UMONS are protected by a user license.

Send to



Details



Abstract :
[en] Eenymeenymyzostoma nigrocorallium n. sp. is the first species of myzostomid worm associated with black corals to be described. Endoparasitic specimens of E. nigrocorallium were found associated with three species of antipatharians on the Great Reef of Toliara. Individuals inhabit the gastrovascular ducts of their hosts and evidence of infestation is, most of the time, not visible externally. Phylogenetic analyses based on 18S rDNA, 16S rDNA and COI data indicate a close relation to Eenymeenymyzostoma cirripedium, the only other species of the genus. The morphology of E. nigrocorallium is very unusual compared to that of the more conventional E. cirripedium. The new species has five pairs of extremely reduced parapodia located on the body margin and no introvert, cirri or lateral organs. Individuals are hermaphroditic, with the male and female gonads both being located dorsally in the trunk. It also has a highly developed parenchymo-muscular layer on the ventral side, and the digestive system lies in the middle part of the trunk. A three-dimensional digital model of this worm's body plan has been constructed whereby the external morphology and in toto views of the observed organ systems (nervous, digestive and reproductive) can be viewed on-screen: http://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.17911.21923.
Disciplines :
Phytobiology (plant sciences, forestry, mycology...)
Author, co-author :
Terrana, Lucas ;  Université de Mons > Faculté des Sciences > Biologie des Organismes Marins et Biomimétisme
Eeckhaut, Igor  ;  Université de Mons > Faculté des Sciences > Biologie des Organismes Marins et Biomimétisme
Language :
English
Title :
Taxonomic description and 3D modelling of a new species of myzostomid (Annelida, Myzostomida) associated with black corals from Madagascar
Publication date :
20 March 2017
Journal title :
Zootaxa
ISSN :
1175-5326
Publisher :
Magnolia Press, New Zealand
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Research unit :
S864 - Biologie des Organismes Marins et Biomimétisme
Research institute :
R100 - Institut des Biosciences
Available on ORBi UMONS :
since 18 January 2019

Statistics


Number of views
1 (0 by UMONS)
Number of downloads
0 (0 by UMONS)

Scopus citations®
 
8
Scopus citations®
without self-citations
5

Bibliography


Similar publications



Contact ORBi UMONS