Abstract
A new species of marine Gastrotricha, Urodasys poculostylis sp. nov. (Macrodasyida: Macrodasyidae), is described from the sublittoral sediments of Capron Shoal, Florida. The new species is a simultaneous hermaphrodite with a single left testis, a stylet bulb and a frontal organ. The stylet bulb bears a cup-shaped sclerotic stylet up to 20 µm long. Several specimens possessed a large spermatophore within the frontal organ. Urodasys poculostylis sp. nov. can be further distinguished by the presence of three pairs of anterior adhesive tubes distributed in two rows, 14–17 pairs of lateral adhesive tubes with staggered insertions, 5–7 pairs of ventrolateral adhesive tubes, 12–15 pairs of dorsolateral adhesive tubes and two dorsal adhesive tubes.
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