Australocelis rhizophoralis ( Martens and Curini-Galletti, 1989 ), 2025

Australocelis rhizophoralis ( Martens and Curini-Galletti, 1989) comb. nov.

Syn. Archimonocelis rhizophoralis Martens and Curini-Galletti, 1989

Locality. N Australia, Darwin, N.T. Ludmilla Bay , fine sand with mud, intertidal in mangroves, September 1987 ( type locality) .

Material. The holotype, a poorly preserved whole mount ( Swedish Museum of Natural History ) .

Description. Observations on live specimens ( Martens & Curini-Galletti, 1989) showed the characters of the new genus, i.e. the two elongate seminal vesicles running parallel to body sides, and entering ventrally into the small and globular prostate vesicle, as well as the symmetrical arrangement of the needles on both sides of the stylet. The stylet is a straight, narrow tube about 65 µm long and 5 µm wide, with a broad basis 14 µm wide, and an oblique, acute distal opening. The 12 needles can be arranged in three different groups, lying progressively farther from the stylet: 1) two slender needles about 45 µm long, with thin, falcate tips, and very small apophysis 2) four, longer 53 µm and broader needles, with a broad, short falcate apex and lacking a distinct apophysis; and 3) six very thin and slender, rod-shaped needles, 45 µm long, with acute, nearly straight distal tips, and without apophysis (from Martens & Curini-Galletti, 1989).