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Table 3 Sclerotic elements in the male copulatory organ of Coelogynopora species

From: Uncharted biodiversity in the marine benthos: the void of the smallish with description of ten new Platyhelminth taxa from the well-studied North Sea

 

Central pipe

Spines in central bundle

Accessory spines

Size (µm)

Number

Size range (µm)

Fused

Number

Size (µm)

C. minuta n. sp.

32

12

21–34

No

C. sopottehlersae n. sp.

125

8 + 16

110–125

Yes

2 × 5

82–91

C. alata Tajika, 1981

f

36

72–123

Yes

C. axi Sopott, 1972

10

50–69

No

2

40

C. biarmata Steinböck, 1924 *

10–12

54–115

No

2

?

C. birostrata Tajika, 1978

f

6

71–83

No

2

120

C. brachystyla Karling, 1966

120

2

110

Yes

C. cassida Sopott-Ehlers, 1985

75

7

18–65

Partly

2 × 5–6

40–45

C. cochleare Ax and Sopott-Ehlers, 1979

30

65–100

No

4

55

C. coniuncta Tajika, 1978

124

4

104–108

No

C. coronata Ax, 2008

17–19

30–45

No

C. distortofolio Sopott, 1972

4

20–50

No

2

65

C. erotica Riser, 1981

6

60–90

?

2 × 12

60–90

C. faenofurca Sopott-Ehlers, 1992

90–100

12–14

30–80

No

2 × 6–8

50–55

C. faeroernensis Ax, 2008

8

72

No

2

57

C. falcaria Ax and Sopott-Ehlers, 1979 *

34

44–88

No

C. forcipis Sopott-Ehlers, 1976

60

10

15–65

Partly

2 × 3

23–65

C. frondifera Ax and Sopott-Ehlers, 1979

20

30–60

?

C. gallica Sopott-Ehlers, 1976

11

45–80

No

2

85–90

C. gigantea Meixner, 1938

26–28

?

No

C. gynocotyla Steinböck, 1924

0

C. hamulis Sopott-Ehlers, 1980

8–9

80–105

Yes

2

65–70

C. hangoensis Karling, 1953 *

11–15

80–140

No

2

75–95

C. hymanae Riser, 1981

8

75–105

No

2

70–80

C. juxtaforcipis Riser, 1981

10

25–64

Yes

2

90

C. multispina Armonies, 2017

16

70–80

No

2

70–75

C. nodosa Ax and Sopott-Ehlers, 1979

10–12

70–98

?

2

86

C. poaceaglandis Riser, 1981

12

85–120

?

2

60–70

C. scalpri Ax and Sopott-Ehlers, 1979 *

10

85–130

Partly

2

90

C. schulzii Meixner, 1938 *

9

90–135

No

2

90–120

C. sequana Sopott-Ehlers, 1992 *

4

75–90

Yes

2

60–63

C. sewardensis Ax and Armonies, 1990 *

10

92–168

No

2

96

C. solifer Sopott, 1972

6

110

No

2

80

C. steinboecki Sopott-Ehlers, 1980

6

90–130

Yes

2

80–100

C. tenuiformis Karling, 1966

8

34–41

No

2

31–41

C. tenuis Meixner, 1938

6 or 8

56

Yes

2

63

C. visurgis Sopott-Ehlers, 1989

6–8

5–7

No

  1. Data based on the original descriptions and *Ax [33]
  2. – Absent
  3. f Central pipe fused with spines
  4. ? No or no distinct data