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A new and alien species of "oyster leech" (Platyhelminthes, Polycladida,. Stylochidae) from the brackish North Sea Canal, The Netherlands
Sluys, R.; Faubel, A.; Rajagopal, S.; van der Velde, G. (2005). A new and alien species of "oyster leech" (Platyhelminthes, Polycladida,. Stylochidae) from the brackish North Sea Canal, The Netherlands. Helgol. Mar. Res. 59(4): 310-314. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10152-005-0006-3
In: Helgoland Marine Research. Springer: Berlin; Heidelberg. ISSN 1438-387X; e-ISSN 1438-3888, more
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Keywords
    Alien species
    Classification > Taxonomy
    New records
    Taxa > Species > New taxa > New species
    Imogine necopinata Sluys, Faubel, Rajagopal & van der Velde, 2005 [WoRMS]; Platyhelminthes [WoRMS]; Polycladida [WoRMS]
    ANE, Netherlands [Marine Regions]
    Marine/Coastal; Brackish water
Author keywords
    Platyhelminthes; Polycladida; Imogine necopinata; invasive species; TheNetherlands
Authors  Top 
  • Sluys, R.
  • Faubel, A., more
  • Rajagopal, S., more
  • van der Velde, G., more
Abstract
    A new species of polyclad flatworm, Imogine necopinata Sluys, sp. nov., is described from a brackish habitat in The Netherlands. Taxonomic affinities with Asian species and the ecology of the animals suggest that the species is an introduced, exotic component of the Dutch fauna. The new species belongs to a group of worms with species that are known to predate on oysters.
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