The Stylet

Diversity and Systematics of Acoela and Nemertodermatida

SMNH - UJ - 20-007

Basis of record: 
Preserved Specimen
Institution code: 
SMNH
Collection code: 
UJ
Catalogue number: 
20-007
Field notes: 
Sample 8
Count: 
1
Remarks: 

BL 0.9 mm. crystalline aggregations in peripheral parenchyma. Orange coulour in centre, otherwise unpigmented. Posterior mecynostomum type mco. Relatively small bursa with cuticularised wall. Body shape broadly oval. Clearly not P. lapillum but classified in the genus due to crystalline inclusions-

Date (free format): 
200626
Depth (free format): 
206 m
Fixation buffer: 
EtOH
Prevalent organisms: 
Substrate (type): 
mud
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith