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Boninia neotethydis sp. nov. (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida: Cotylea)—the first lessepsian flatworm

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 April 2007

M. Curini-Galletti  and
P. Campus
M. Curini-Galletti
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Zoologia e Genetica Evoluzionistica, Università di Sassari, via Muroni 25, I-07100 Sassari, Italy
P. Campus
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Zoologia e Genetica Evoluzionistica, Università di Sassari, via Muroni 25, I-07100 Sassari, Italy
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Abstract

Based on specimens collected in the Mediterranean and Red Sea coasts of Israel, the first lessepsian flatworm (Boninia neotethydis sp. nov.) is described. The genus Boninia includes cotylean polyclads characterized by the presence of multiple accessory (prostatoid) organs. The three species described are distributed in the western Pacific (B. mirabilis) and in the Caribbean (B. antillarum and B. divae). The new species differ from congenerics in the number and arrangement of the prostatoid organs, and in the number of marginal eyes. Specimens of the new species feed on mussels, and their possible effects on Mediterranean mussel cultures should be monitored.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 87 , Issue 2 , April 2007 , pp. 435 - 442
Copyright
2007 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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