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1A0F646BFFE30415FEFDE4D24809FBD2.text	1A0F646BFFE30415FEFDE4D24809FBD2.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Girardia clandestina Sluys & Benítez-Álvarez	<html xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
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            <p> GIRARDIA CLANDESTINA SLUYS &amp;</p>
            <p> BENÍTEZ- ÁLVAREZ  SP. NOV.</p>
            <p>Z o o b a n k r e g i s t r a t i o n: u r n: l s i d: zoobank. org:act: 6F75400B-1B3F-4B71-8351-5839C233019F</p>
            <p>  Holotype:  Naturalis Biodiversity Center , ZMA V.Pl. 976.4, Arroyo Sauce, near Sauce, Departamento Canelones, near Montevideo, Uruguay, 1–3 January 1987, sagittal sections on six slides. </p>
            <p>Etymology: The specific epithet is based on the Latin adjective clandestinus, secret, concealed, and alludes to the fact that it concerns a ‘hidden’ sibling species.</p>
            <p> Differential diagnosis: A species of  Girardia with low triangular head with bluntly pointed tip and short, broad auricles. Dorsal body coloration variable, being of a reticulated type with darkish spots and also a pair of dark stripes, separated by a pale mid-dorsal streak or composed of a dark background interspersed with white splotches and with a pale mid-dorsal line, or variations on these two major patterns. Reproductive complex basically as in  G. tigrina : the only consistent anatomical difference between the two species residing in the coat of muscles around the bursal canal. In North American  G. tigrina , this coat of muscles is simple, consisting of a thin subepithelial layer of circular muscle, followed by an equally thin layer of longitudinal muscle fibres. In contrast,  G. clandestina possesses a bursal canal musculature that consists of a well-developed coat of intermingled circular and longitudinal muscle fibres. </p>
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	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1A0F646BFFE30415FEFDE4D24809FBD2	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.		Plazi	Benítez-Álvarez, Lisandra;Sluys, Ronald;Leal-Zanchet, Ana María;Leria, Laia;Riutort, Marta	Benítez-Álvarez, Lisandra, Sluys, Ronald, Leal-Zanchet, Ana María, Leria, Laia, Riutort, Marta (2023): First molecular phylogeny of the freshwater planarian genus Girardia (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida) unveils hidden taxonomic diversity and initiates resolution of its historical biogeography. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197 (1): 1-19, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac065, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac065
