Species ID
OC-SP-0002617
Discovered
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Species ID
OC-SP-0002617
Provisional Species Name
Brinkmanniella sp_S_1876
Lowest Valid Taxon Name in WoRMS
Brinkmanniella
Lowest Known Rank
Genus
Status
Discovered
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Embargo
No
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Order
Rhabdocoela
Genus
Brinkmanniella
Taxonomic Remarks
Species of Brinkmanniella are easily recognised because they are the only representatives of the taxon Thalassotyphloplanida with the ovaries positioned anterior to the testes. Eight species of Brinkmanniella are known and they are differentiable by their pigmentation and morphology of the male stylet. Only two species of Brinkmanniella present a curved stylet: B. procerastyla and B. macrostomoides. Brinkmanniella sp.1 differs from B. procerastyla because the later species lack eyes and its stylet bent two times (proximally and distally) and ends in a sharp tip. Otherwise, the stylet of Brinkmanniella sp.1 is only curved distally and ends in a blunt tip. Brinkmanniella macrostomoides present a short (58–66 µm long) and funnel-shaped stylet, curved distally, and ending in a sharp tip; otherwise, the stylet of Brinkmanniella sp.1 is much larger (124–127 µm long).
Received All Minimal Data for Discovery
01/04/2026
Description of Material
Species of Brinkmanniella with eyes and dorsal, epidermal, brown-blackish pigmented stripes. The stylet is 124–127 µm long (x¯ = 126 µm; n = 2), with a proximal funnel, distally curved, and ending in a blunt tip.
Ecology
Red and green filamentous algae, 0.5 m deep, salinity 35 ‰.
Distribution
United States of America, Florida, Fort Pierce, 27.458445; -80.317020.
Scientific Name Authorship
Diez, Yander L.
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