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03D587BE3715FFACC4C4458A61CFFE2F.text	03D587BE3715FFACC4C4458A61CFFE2F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Macrostomum Schmidt 1848	<div><p>Genus Macrostomum Schmidt, 1848</p><p>SPEcIES 18S RDNA 28S RDNA</p><p>GENBaNK acc.NO. GENBaNK acc.NO.</p><p>Macrostomum acus SEq.1 (ZDK1) * KY579351 KY579342 Macrostomum acus SEq.2 (ZDK2) * KY579352 KY579343 Macrostomum acus SEq.3 (ZDK3) * KY579353 KY579344 Macrostomum balticum (MTP LS 144) FJ715310 FJ715330</p><p>Macrostomum bicaudatum SEq.1 (YDK1) * KY814489 KY652224 Macrostomum bicaudatum SEq.2 (YDK2) * KY814490 KY652225 Macrostomum bicaudatum SEq.3 (YDK3) * KY814491 KY652226 Macrostomum chongqingnese (YL-2016 CQ1) KX769148 KX769150 Macrostomum clavituba (MTP LS 301) FJ715304 FJ715324</p><p>Macrostomum dongyuanensis SEq.1 (DYDK1) * KY652215 KY652218 Macrostomum dongyuanensis SEq.2 (DYDK2) * KY652216 KY652219 Macrostomum dongyuanensis SEq.2 (DYDK3) * KY652217 KY652220 Macrostomum finlandense (MTP LS 91) FJ715302 FJ715322</p><p>Macrostomum gieysztori (MTP LS 264) FJ715301 FJ715321</p><p>Macrostomum heyuanensis SEq.1 (HDK1) * KY814492 KY652221 Macrostomum heyuanensis SEq.2 (HDK2) * KY814493 KY652222 Macrostomum heyuanensis SEq.3 (HDK3) * KY814494 KY652223 Macrostomum hystricinum (MTP LS 278) FJ715311 FJ715331</p><p>Macrostomum hystrix (MTP LS 68) FJ715303 FJ715323</p><p>Macrostomum kepneri (MTP LS 285) FJ715307 FJ715327</p><p>Macrostomum lankouensis n. sp . SEq.1 (LDK1) * KY814495 KY814498 Macrostomum lankouensis n. sp . SEq.2 (LDK2) * KY814496 KY814499 Macrostomum lankouensis n. sp . SEq.3 (LDK3) * KY814497 KY814500 Macrostomum lignano (MTP LS 244) FJ715306 FJ715362</p><p>Macrostomum longituba (MTP LS 274) FJ715309 FJ715329</p><p>Macrostomum mystrophorum (MTP LS 64) FJ715305 FJ715325</p><p>Macrostomum obtuse SEq.1 (DDK1) KY579348 KY579339 Macrostomum obtuse SEq.2 (DDK2) KY579349 KY579340 Macrostomum obtuse SEq.3 (DDK3) KY579350 KY579341 Macrostomum pusillum (MTP LS 112) FJ715313 FJ715333</p><p>Macrostomum quiritium (MTP LS 102) FJ715299 FJ715319</p><p>Macrostomum qiaochengensis KY008499 KY008502 Macrostomum rubrocinctum KC869789 KC869842 Macrostomum shiyanensis n. sp. SEq1 (SDK1) * KY814504 KY814501 Macrostomum shiyanensis n. sp. SEq2 (SDK2) * KY814505 KY814502 Macrostomum shiyanensis n. sp. SEq3 (SDK3) * KY814506 KY814503 Macrostomum sinensis SEq.1 (ZGDK1) * KY579354 KY579345 Macrostomum sinensis SEq.2 (ZGDK2) * KY579355 KY579346 Macrostomum sinensis SEq.3 (ZGDK3) * KY579356 KY579347 Macrostomum SP. (MTP LS 302) FJ715332 FJ715332</p><p>......continued on the next page Material examined. HOlOTYpE: PLA-MA0040, mOUNTED SpEcImENS. SpEcImENS wErE cOllEcTED bY ZHANg Lv frOm THE SHIYAN RESErvOIr, SHENzHEN, GUANgDONg PrOvINcE, CHINA (2341'03"N, 113 55'06"E). PArATYpE: PLA- MA0041~0044, mOUNTED SpEcImENS. PArATYpE: PLA-MA0045, SErIAl SEcTION. All THE TYpE SpEcImENS ArE DEpOSITED IN IZCAS .</p><p>Etymology. THE NAmE Of THIS NEw SpEcIES IS DErIvED frOm THE NAmE Of THE fIrST cOllEcTION SITE. THE AUTHOrS HAvE AlSO cOllEcTED THE SpEcIES IN DONgHU PArk, SHENzHEN (N22°33′50″, E114°08′36″) AND HEYUAN, GUANgDONg PrOvINcE (2358'39"N, 115 2'44"E).</p><p>Description. THE flAT bODY IS mIlkY-wHITE IN cOlOr AND rOD-SHApED wHEN mOvINg. THE lENgTH AND wIDTH Of mATUrE INDIvIDUAl ArE 1,560–2,290 µm AND 260–440 µm (N=9), rESpEcTIvElY (FIgS. 1A, 3A). THE bODY HAS DENSE cIlIA (lENgTH: 3–5 µm, N=3) AND SENSOrY HAIrS (1–3 HAIrS AS A bUNDlE, lENgTH: 12 µm, N=6) ON ITS SUrfAcE. NUmErOUS rHAbDITES cOvEr THE SUrfAcE Of wHOlE bODY. THE DISTANcE bETwEEN THE ANTErIOr rOUNDED END AND THE EYES IS 210–260 µm (N=5). IN gENErAl, THE pAIrED rENIfOrm EYES ArE lOcATED AT 12% Of THE bODY lENgTH, AND THE DISTANcE bETwEEN THE EYES IS 12–30 µm (N=5) (FIgS. 1A, 2A &amp; C, 3A). THE pHArYNX, 150–290 µm (N=5) lONg, OpENS vENTrAllY pOSTErIOr TO THE EYES. PHArYNgEAl glANDS ArE lOcATED ON EITHEr SIDE Of THE pHArYNX AND EXTEND TO THE ANTErIOr END Of THE INTESTINE (FIgS. 1B, 2C, 3A). THE INTESTINE, 670–960 µm (N=5) IN lENgTH, EXTENDS frOm THE pOSTErIOr END Of pHArYNX TO THE ANTErIOr END Of fEmAlE ATrIUm (FIgS. 1A, 2A, 3A). ADHESIvE glANDS ArE SITUATED AT THE vENTrAl SUrfAcE Of THE lONg-Arc pOSTErIOr END Of bODY. (FIgS. 1D, 3F).</p><p>THE fEmAlE rEprODUcTIvE SYSTEm cONSISTS Of OvArIES, OvIDUcTS, fEmAlE ATrIUm AND fEmAlE gONOpOrE. THE pAIrED OvArIES ArE lOcATED ON EITHEr SIDE Of THE INTESTINE AT 66% Of bODY lENgTH. ImmATUrE EggS ArE SITUATED IN THE ANTErIOr 50% Of THE OvArIES, fOllOwED bY mATUrE EggS wITH mOrE pIgmENT. FEmAlE ATrIUm wITH NUmErOUS SpErm frOm OTHEr INDIvIDUAlS IS lOcATED AT THE 75% Of THE bODY lENgTH, pOSTErIOr TO THE INTESTINE (FIgS. 1A, 2A). FEmAlE gONOpOrE IS SUrrOUNDED rADIAllY bY mANY glANDS AND OpENS AT THE vENTrAl SIDE Of THE fEmAlE ATrIUm. (FIgS. 2B &amp; D, 3B).</p><p>THE mAlE rEprODUcTIvE SYSTEm cONSISTS Of pAIrED TESTES, vAS DEfErENS, A fAlSE vESIcUlA SEmINAlIS, A vESIcUlA SEmINAlIS, A vESIcUlA grANUlOrUm, A pENIS STYlET AND THE mAlE gONOpOrE. THE pAIrED rOD-SHApED TESTES ArE lOcATED ON EITHEr SIDE Of THE INTESTINE AT 33% Of THE bODY lENgTH. IT cONNEcTS pOSTErIOrlY TO THE fAlSE vESIcUlA SEmINAlIS vIA THE vAS DEfErENTIA. THE lONg OvAl-SHApED fAlSE vESIcUlA SEmINAlIS cONNEcTS TO THE vESIcUlA SEmINAlIS AT ITS lEfT SIDE. THE vESIcUlA SEmINAlIS IS AlSO OvAl- SHApED AND cONNEcTS TO THE vESIcUlA grANUlOrUm AT ITS ANTErIOr lEfT SIDE. THE vESIcUlA grANUlOrUm IS pArTIAllY INSErTED INTO THE bASE Of THE pENIS STYlET (FIgS. 1C, 2B &amp; E, 3B–C). PENIS STYlET, 160– 170 µm (N=3) IN lENgTH, lOcATED pOSTErIOr TO vESIcUlA grANUlOrUm, AND HAS THrEE bENDS (140° AT 50%, 130° AT 65%, AND 100° AT 90% ANTErIOr pOSITION), AND fOrmS A cOmplEX HOOk-SHApED STrUcTUrE. THE bASE Of pENIS STYlET IS fUNNEl-SHApED AND ITS DIAmETEr IS 29–32 µm (N=3). THE DIAmETEr Of pENIS STYlET grADUAllY DEcrEASES frOm THE bASE TO THE pOSTErIOr 33% pOSITION, wHIlE THE DIAmETEr Of THE DISTAl OpENINg IS 6 µm (N=3). THE mAlE gONOpOrE IS lOcATED pOSTErIOr TO THE pENIS STYlET (FIgS. 1F–G, 3D).</p><p>THE lENgTH Of THE mATUrE SpErm IS 80–90 µm (N=3), wITH NO ObvIOUS bOUNDArY bETwEEN fEElEr AND bODY. THE lENgTH Of THE SHAfT IS 30–34 µm (N=3). THE pAIrED brISTlES, 8–9 µm IN lENgTH (N=3), ArE lOcATED AT THE bOUNDArY bETwEEN bODY AND SHAfT. THE pOSTErIOr END Of THE SpErm IS THINNEr THAN THE bODY AND HAS A clUSTEr Of brUSHES, 3.0– 4.5 µm IN lENgTH (N=3) (FIgS. 1E, 3E).</p><p>Taxonomic comparison. Macrostomum extraculum AX et al., 1990, AND M. retortum PApI, 1951 ArE mOST SImIlAr TO M. shiyanensis n. sp. IN TErmS Of THE mOrpHOlOgY Of THEIr pENIS STYlET (TAb. 3). IN M. extraculum, THE pENIS STYlET IS 68–72 µm IN lENgTH AND AlSO IS SImIlArlY bENT ON DIffErENT DImENSIONS. THE DIAmETEr AT ITS bASE IS 18– 22 µm AND DEcrEASES grADUAllY frOm THE bASE TO THE pOSTErIOr 50% pOSITION. THE DISTAl END IS SlIgHTlY SwOllEN, wITH AN OpENINg Of 3 µm. AS fOr M. retortum, THE pENIS STYlET IS 1 27–138 µm lONg AND HAS TwO cUrvES. THE pOSTErIOr cUrvE SHOwS AN AcUTE ANglE, wHIlE THE DISTAl END IS SlIgHTlY lIfTED AND THE DIAmETEr Of THE OpENINg IS 3.5 µm. IN cONTrAST, THE pENIS STYlET Of M. shiyanensis n. sp. IS 160–170 µm lONg, wHIlE ITS DIAmETEr grADUAllY DEcrEASES frOm THE bASE TO THE pOSTErIOr 33% pOSITION. THE DISTAl END IS NOT SwOllEN, wHIlE THE DIAmETEr Of THE DISTAl OpENINg IS 6 µm. AccOrDINglY, mOrpHOlOgIcAl cHArAcTErISTIcS Of M. shiyanensis n. sp. ArE DISTINcT frOm THOSE Of THE SImIlAr SpEcIES. THErEfOrE, IT IS EvIDENT THAT M. shiyanensis IS A NEw SpEcIES Of THE gENUS Macrostomum .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D587BE3715FFACC4C4458A61CFFE2F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Lin, Yi-Tao;Feng, Wei-Tao;Xin, Fan;Zhang, Lv;Zhang, Yu;Wang, An-Tai	Lin, Yi-Tao, Feng, Wei-Tao, Xin, Fan, Zhang, Lv, Zhang, Yu, Wang, An-Tai (2017): Two new species and the molecular phylogeny of eight species of Macrostomum (Platyhelminthes: Macrostomorpha) from southern China. Zootaxa 4337 (3): 423-435, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4337.3.7
03D587BE3712FFA2C4C446C56022FCCF.text	03D587BE3712FFA2C4C446C56022FCCF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Macrostomum lankouensis Lin & Feng & Xin & Zhang & Zhang & Wang 2017	<div><p>Macrostomum lankouensis Lin &amp; Wang, n. sp.</p><p>(FIgS. 4–6)</p><p>Material examined. HOlOTYpE: PLA-MA0030, mOUNTED SpEcImENS. THIS NEw SpEcIES wAS cOllEcTED frOm A cOUNTrY brOOk IN HEYUAN, GUANgDONg PrOvINcE, CHINA (2358'39"N, 11502'44"E), bY ZHANg Lv . PArATYpE: PLA- MA0031~0032, mOUNTED SpEcImEN. PArATYpE: PLA-MA0033~0036, SErIAl SEcTION. PArATYpE: PLA-MA0037~0039, mOUNTED pENIS STYlETS. All THE TYpE SpEcImENS ArE DEpOSITED IN THE INSTITUTE Of ZOOlOgY, CHINESE AcADEmY Of ScIENcES (IZCAS), BEIJINg, CHINA.</p><p>Etymology. THE NAmE Of THIS NEw SpEcIES IS DErIvED frOm THE NAmE Of THE LANkOU TOwN IN DONgYUAN COUNTY, HEYUAN, GUANgDONg PrOvINcE, CHINA.</p><p>Description. WHEN mOvINg, THE rOD-SHApED bODY IS DOrSOvENTrAllY flATTENED. THE lENgTH AND wIDTH Of THE bODY ArE 1,050–1,400 µm AND 200–300 µm, rESpEcTIvElY (N=6) (FIgS. 4A, 5A, 6A). THE bODY HAS DENSE cIlIA (2–4 µm IN lENgTH, N=3) AND SENSOrY HAIrS (1–3 HAIr pEr bUNDlE, 8–10 µm IN lENgTH, N=5) ON ITS SUrfAcE. NUmErOUS rHAbDITES cOvEr THE SUrfAcE Of THE wHOlE bODY. THE DISTANcE bETwEEN THE rOUNDED ANTErIOr END Of bODY AND THE pAIrED blAck rENIfOrm EYES ArE 140–180 µm (N=6), AND THE DISTANcE bETwEEN EYES IS 10–20 µm (N=6). THE pHArYNX IS 110–150 µm IN lENgTH (N=6), AND pHArYNgEAl glANDS ArE lOcATED ON EITHEr SIDE Of IT (FIgS. 4B, 5C). THE lENgTH Of THE INTESTINE IS 520–580 µm (N=6). THE pOSTErIOr END AND ADHESIvE glANDS ArE IDENTIcAl TO THOSE Of M. shiyanensis (FIgS. 4A, 5A, 5D, 6A).</p><p>THE fEmAlE rEprODUcTIvE SYSTEm Of Macrostomum lankouensis n. sp . IS SImIlAr TO THAT Of M. shiyanensis N. Sp .. THE OvArIES, 230– 230 µm IN lENgTH AND 35–48 µm IN wIDTH (N=12), ArE lOcATED ON EITHEr SIDE Of THE INTESTINE AT 50% Of THE bODY lENgTH. THE fEmAlE ATrIUm IS lOcATED pOSTErIOr TO THE INTESTINE (FIgS. 5A, 6A), AND THE fEmAlE gONOpOrE OpENS AT THE vENTrAl SIDE Of THE fEmAlE ATrIUm. (FIgS. 5D, 6B). AS fOr mAlE rEprODUcTIvE SYSTEm, THE TESTES, 195–250 µm IN lENgTH AND 30–50 µm IN wIDTH (N=12), ArE lOcATED ON EITHEr SIDE Of THE INTESTINE AT 33–50% Of THE bODY lENgTH. THE ArrANgEmENT Of vAS DEfErENTIA, fAlSE vESIcUlA SEmINAlIS (92–112 µm IN lENgTH, 23–45 µm IN wIDTH, N=6), vESIcUlA SEmINAlIS (AbOUT 55 µm IN DIAmETEr, N=6) AND vESIcUlA grANUlOrUm IS AlSO SImIlAr TO THAT Of M. shiyanensis n. sp. (FIgS. 4C, 5D, 6B–C). THE C-SHApED pENIS STYlET IS 110–135 µm IN lENgTH, AND DIAmETErS Of ITS bASE rEgION AND DISTAl OpENINg ArE 30–40 µm AND 5–6 µm (N=3), rESpEcTIvElY. ITS pOSTErIOr END IS A C-SHApED cUrvE, wHIlE THE DISTAl cIrcUlAr OpENINg pOINTS rIgHT JUST IN frONT Of THE mAlE gONOpOrE, wHIcH lIES bEHIND THE STYlET (FIgS. 5D, 6B).</p><p>SImIlAr TO M. shiyanensis N. Sp., THE lENgTHS Of THE mATUrE SpErm, THE SHAfT, AND THE brUSHES Of M. lankouensis n. sp. ArE 75–80, 35–40, AND 3.5–5 µm (N=3), rESpEcTIvElY. HOwEvEr, THE pAIrED brISTlES ArE 8–9 µm IN lENgTH (N=3), lONgEr THAN THOSE Of M. shiyanensis n. sp. (FIgS. 4J, 6E).</p><p>Taxonomic comparison. AmONg THE rEcOrDED SpEcIES Of THE gENUS Macrostomum, 19 SpEcIES HAvE THE C- SHApED pENIS STYlET, wHIlE EIgHT Of THESE 19 SpEcIES HAvE AN ADDITIONAl DISTAl cUrvE bESIDES THE C-SHApED cUrvE, wHIcH IS SImIlAr TO THAT Of M. lankouensis n. sp. (TAb. 4). AmONg THE EIgHT SpEcIES, THE DISTAl cUrvE Of M. bicurvistyla ArmONIES et al., 1987 pOINTS TO THE cONcAvE SIDE Of THE C-SHApED cUrvE, wHIlE THE DISTAl OpENINgS Of M. gilbert FErgUSON, 1939; M. pithecusae PApI, 1959; AND M. sinensis WANg, 2005 ArE SHArp. IN cONTrAST, THE DISTAl cUrvE Of M. lankouensis n. sp. pOINTS TO THE cONvEX SIDE Of THE “C” cUrvE AND THE OpENINg IS cIrcUlAr. IN M. johni YOUNg, 1972, THE pENIS STYlET IS 80–98 µm lONg. THE DISTAl cUrvE bENDS ApprOXImATE bY 90, wHIlE IT OpENS TOwArDS THE ANTErIOr END Of SpEcImEN. THE DIAmETEr Of THE DISTAl OpENINg IS 4.4–5.4 µm. AS fOr M. leptos AN-DEr-LAN, 1939, DEScrIpTION Of ITS pENIS STYlET IS NOT THOrOUgH, bUT OvErAll IT IS IN “C” SHApE AND ITS DISTAl pArT bENDS SlIgHTlY TOwArDS THE cONvEX SIDE Of THE C-SHApED cUrvE. IN cONTrAST, THE lENgTH Of THE STYlET Of M. lankouensis n. sp. IS 110–135 µm. THE EXTErIOr SIDE Of THE DISTAl cUrvE IS SEmIcIrcUlAr IN SHApE AND THE DISTAl END OpENS TOwArDS THE pOSTErIOr END Of SpEcImEN. Macrostomum gallicum AX, 2008 AND M. heyuanensis SUN et al., 2015 ArE mOST SImIlAr TO M. lankouensis n. sp. IN THE mOrpHOlOgY Of THEIr pENIS STYlE. IN THESE THrEE SpEcIES, THEIr pENIS STYlETS All HAvE DISTAl bENDS TOwArDS THE cONvEX SIDE Of THE “C”-SHApED cUrvE, wHIlE THEIr DISTAl OpENINgS ArE All cIrcUlAr. HOwEvEr, THE DISTAl ENDS Of THE pENIS STYlET Of M. gallicum AND M. heyuanensis ArE bOTH THIckENED, wHIlE SImIlAr THIckENINg IS AbSENT IN M. lankouensis n. sp. BASED ON THE DISTINcT mOrpHOlOgIcAl cHArAcTErISTIc Of pENIS STYlET Of M. lankouensis, IT IS EvIDENT THAT THIS SpEcIES IS A NEw SpEcIES wITHIN THE gENUS Macrostomum .</p><p>* Measurement based on images and scales from the references. NA: not available.</p><p>Phylogenetic analysis. THE pHYlOgENETIc TrEES gENErATED frOm cONcATENATED 18S AND 28S rDNA bY mAXImUm lIkElIHOOD (ML) AND NEIgHbOr JOININg (NJ) mETHODS ArE SHOwN IN FIgS 7 &amp; 8. BOTH rESUlTS INDIcATE THAT THE THrEE SpEcImENS Of Macrostomum lankouensis N. Sp ., AS wEll AS THOSE Of M. shiyanensis n. sp., clUSTEr TOgETHEr rESpEcTIvElY, fOrmINg A wEll-SUppOrTED clADE wITH THE OTHEr SpEcIES wITHIN THE gENUS Macrostomum . FUrTHErmOrE, OUr rESUlTS AlSO SHOw THAT THESE TwO NEw SpEcIES ArE clOSElY rElATED TO M. heyuanensis, M. finlandense AND M. sinensis, wHIlE M. acus IS clOSElY rElATED TO M. obtusa . AS SUcH, bOTH pHYlOgENETIc AND mOrpHOlOgIcAl EvIDENcE SUppOrT THE ESTAblISHmENT Of M. lankouensis n. sp. AND M. shiyanensis n. sp. AS NEw SpEcIES wITHIN THE gENUS.</p><p>Discussion. THE mOrpHOlOgY Of pENIS STYlETS IS ONE Of THE mOST ImpOrTANT crITErIA fOr THE clASSIfIcATION Of SpEcIES wITHIN THE gENUS Macrostomum (ZHAO et al. 2011). HOwEvEr, THE pENIS STYlET bENDS IN mUlTIplE plANES AND fOrmS A cOmplEX STrUcTUrE IN SOmE SpEcIES, INclUDINg M. xiamenensis WANg, 2004A AND M. zhaoqingensis LIN et al., 2017, wHIlE SOmE Of THEIr pENIS STYlETS ArE qUITE SImIlAr (ScHärEr et al. 2011). THErEfOrE, IDENTIfIcATION Of NEw SpEcIES IS pArTIcUlArlY cHAllENgINg IN SOmE cASES. REcENTlY, A mOrE cOmprEHENSIvE STUDY USINg pHYlOgENETIc ANAlYSIS, TOgETHEr wITH cOmpArATIvE INvESTIgATION Of SpErm AND pENIS STYlET mOrpHOlOgY AND mATINg bEHAvIOr wAS cONDUcTED TO EXAmINE THE EvOlUTION AND cOEvOlUTION Of THE Macrostomum, SUggESTINg THAT IT IS AN EffIcIENT wAY TO ASSESS DIvErSITY AND EvOlUTION wITHIN THE gENUS (ScHärEr et al. 2011). TO DATE, SpErm mOrpHOlOgY HAS ONlY bEEN STUDIED IN A vErY lImITED NUmbEr Of SpEcIES wITHIN Macrostomum, wHIlE mOlEcUlAr SEqUENcES, INclUDINg 18S rDNA, 28S rDNA, COI AND wHOlE mITOcHONDrIA SEqUENcES, IS NOT AvAIlAblE Or AT lEAST NOT cOmplETE IN mANY rEcOrDED SpEcIES. IN THIS STUDY AND THrEE prEvIOUS STUDIES, wE HAvE prOvIDED DETAIlED INfOrmATION IN TErmS Of SpErm DESIgN AND mOrpHOlOgY Of pENIS STYlET IN EIgHT SpEcIES Of Macrostomum, INclUDINg M. heyuanensis, M. dongyuanensis SUN et al., 2015; M. zhujiangensis, M. baoanensis FANg et al., 2016; M. chongqingensis, M. zhaoqingensis LIN et al., 2017 (UNDEr rEvIEw); M. shenzhenensis, M. qiaochengensis WANg et al., 2017. AS fOr pHYlOgENETIc INfOrmATION, OTHEr THAN THE TwO NEw SpEcIES rEpOrTED IN THIS STUDY, wE HAvE AlSO SUpplEmENTED cONcATENATED 18S AND 28S rDNA SEqUENcES Of Macrostomum acus, M. obtusa, M. bicaudatum, M. dongyuanensis, M. heyuanensis AND M. sinensis . AlTHOUgH IT IS STIll fAr frOm prOvIDINg THE OvErAll pIcTUrE Of Macrostomum DIvErSITY AND EvOlUTION wITHIN THE rEgION, THIS STUDY SHOUlD prOvIDE bASElINE INfOrmATION fOr fUrTHEr STUDIES Of THE pHYlOgENY Of THE gENUS.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D587BE3712FFA2C4C446C56022FCCF	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Lin, Yi-Tao;Feng, Wei-Tao;Xin, Fan;Zhang, Lv;Zhang, Yu;Wang, An-Tai	Lin, Yi-Tao, Feng, Wei-Tao, Xin, Fan, Zhang, Lv, Zhang, Yu, Wang, An-Tai (2017): Two new species and the molecular phylogeny of eight species of Macrostomum (Platyhelminthes: Macrostomorpha) from southern China. Zootaxa 4337 (3): 423-435, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4337.3.7
