Bryoplana xerophila n. g. n. sp., a New Limnoterrestrial Microturbellarian (Platyhelminthes, Typhloplanidae, Protoplanellinae) from Epilithic Mosses, with Notes on Its Ecology Universiteit Hasselt
Bryoplana xerophila, a new genus and species of limnoterrestrial protoplanelline platyhelminth, was found in moss and soil covering a concrete wall in northern Alabama, USA. Bryoplana xerophila is the first taxon of limnoterrestrial Protoplanellinae recorded from North America and is one of the few rhabdocoels known from dry habitats. It is unique within Protoplanellinae in lacking rhabdites, having a pharynx rosulatus in the frontal half of the ...