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Composition of meiobenthonic Platyhelminthes from brackish environments of the Galician and Cantabrian coasts of Spain with the description of a new species ofDjeziraia(Polycystididae, Kalyptorhynchia)

Authors :
Cristina Damborenea
Carolina Noreña
Francisco Brusa
Anno Faubel
Source :
Journal of Natural History. 41:1989-2005
Publication Year :
2007
Publisher :
Informa UK Limited, 2007.

Abstract

From 1997 to 1999, the fauna of free‐living Platyhelminthes of the rias ecosystem was studied along the Galician and Cantabrian coast in northern Spain. In total, 72 platyhelminth species are listed in this study. Forty‐two species represent new records for the Iberian Peninsula, three of which represent new genera records. A new species belonging to the genus Djeziraia (Polycystididae, Kalyptorhynchia), Djeziraia longistyla sp. nov., is described in this paper. In this broad‐scale study, a large data set (27 localities) of the estuaries of northern Spain allowed an analysis of the turbellarian species assemblages and the relation of species distributions to salinity, conductivity, oxygen, temperature, and sediment characteristics. Species assemblages (species diversity) of each habitat of the brackish water ecotone are shown. The present study contributes to knowledge on the ability of adaptation of free‐living Platyhelminthes to regimes of brackish water ecotones.

Details

ISSN :
14645262 and 00222933
Volume :
41
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Natural History
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........367659f6b560ffdc97d3cef0f7112fd5
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930701526055