Myopedicellina hancocki ( Soule, 1955 ), 2024

Shaw, Scott R., Proctor, Heather C. & Borisanova, Anastasia O., 2024, Myopedicellina, a replacement name for Myosoma Robertson (Entoprocta: Pedicellinidae), Zootaxa 5555 (3), pp. 436-442 : 439

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5555.3.6
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B949929D-E7D4-4358-9114-CB448D999ED7
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14596126
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/696C5E2C-FF81-FF81-FF78-58D9FE1EF80F
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Myopedicellina hancocki ( Soule, 1955 )
status	comb. nov.

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Myopedicellina hancocki ( Soule, 1955) n. comb.

( Fig. 1b View FIGURE 1 )

Diagnosis. (based on Soule, 1955). Body size: ~ 0.9 mm (stalk from 515 to 745 µm; calyx from 250 to 345 µm).

Stolons branch and cross, forming dense masses on the substrate. The stalk is covered with cuticle, which forms transverse wrinkles or annulations. Spines are completely absent on stalk as well as on calyx ( Fig. 1b View FIGURE 1 ). Calyx small, bearing 14 tentacles.

Distribution. Coastal waters of the Philippine islands.

Ecology. Unknown.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
SuperPhylum	Lophotrochozoa
Phylum	Kamptozoa
Class	Entoprocta
Order	Solitaria
Family	Pedicellinidae
Genus	Myopedicellina

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