Cotylegaleata iskenderunensis n. sp., the second known species of the rotifer family Cotylegaleatidae (Monogononta: Ploima)

Willem H DE Smet; Ahmet Bozkurt

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4193.1.9

Cotylegaleata iskenderunensis n. sp., the second known species of the rotifer family Cotylegaleatidae (Monogononta: Ploima)

Zootaxa. 2016 Nov 15;4193(1):zootaxa.4193.1.9. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4193.1.9.

Authors

Willem H DE Smet¹, Ahmet Bozkurt

Affiliation

¹ University of Antwerp, Department of Biology, Ecobe, Campus Drie Eiken, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium.. willem.desmet@uantwerpen.be.

PMID: 27988709
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4193.1.9

Abstract

Cotylegaleata iskenderunensis n. sp. is described from a freshwater wetland (Sariseki) at Iskenderun, Turkey. This is the second species within the genus. Cotylegaleata iskenderunensis n. sp. differs from the only known congener, C. perplexa De Smet, 2007, in the shape of the trunk and foot, and particularly the shape of the cotyle and the structure of the trophi. The diagnosis of the genus and family is amended.

Keywords: Porifera, cotyle, new species, Rotifera, taxonomy, Turkey.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
Animal Structures / growth & development
Animals
Body Size
Female
Male
Organ Size
Rotifera / anatomy & histology
Rotifera / classification*
Rotifera / growth & development
Turkey