Pseudostomella cheraensis
Scientific Name:-
Pseudostomella cheraensisCommon Name:-
Malayalam Name:-
Category:-
Gastrotricha
Status:-
Not known.
Description:-
Size: 295 µm in total length.
Head with well-developed and extended pre-buccal apparatus (pb) incurving anteromedially, characterizing the genus Pseudostomella. Their dorsal margin project out a little beyond the ventral margin. Pre-buccal apparatus has five fleshy dorsal papillae, symmetrically arranged in 2+1+2 pattern. All papillae are with tactile cilia at the tip. Four to six smaller papillae are present along the ventral margin of the buccal palps, arranged in 2+2 or 3+3 pattern. Several sensory hairs present on the outer lateral margins of pre-buccal apparatus among which, a longer one measured 16 µm. Sensory hairs or lateral bristles (10 µm long) of uncertain numbers seen on the lateral margins of the body as well.
Epidermal glands: Eight to nine pairs of granular epidermal glands arranged along the lateral margins of the body. Their size range between 7.5–10 µm × 7.5–15 µm. The middle glands located at 8 µm apart from each other.
Cuticular armature: The entire dorsal surface from the base of buccal.
Remark:-
A species described from Cherai Beach, Kerala.
References:-
Priyalakshmi, G., Menon, NR. and Todaro, MA (2007). A new species of Pseudostomella (Gastrotricha: Macrodasyida: Thaumastodermatidae) from a sandy beach of Kerala, India. Zootaxa , 1616: 61–68.