Chernyshev, A. V. (2003). Ototyphlonemertes valentinae sp. n. (Enopla, Ototyphlonemertidae) - interstitsial'naia nemertina iz Iaponskogo moria [Ototyphlonemertes valentinae sp. n. (Enopla, Ototyphlonemertidae) is an intestitial nemertean from the Sea of Japan]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 82(7): 868-871
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Chernyshev, A. V.
2003
Ototyphlonemertes valentinae sp. n. (Enopla, Ototyphlonemertidae) - interstitsial'naia nemertina iz Iaponskogo moria [Ototyphlonemertes valentinae sp. n. (Enopla, Ototyphlonemertidae) is an intestitial nemertean from the Sea of Japan]
Zoologicheskii Zhurnal
82(7): 868-871
Publication
Ototyphlonemertes valentinae sp. n. collected from the tidal zone of Peter the Great Bay is described. The new species belongs to the subgenus Norenburgia, the group "Lactea-morph". It is close to the not described species L-Dali (Envall, Norenburg, 2001) from Japan. The distinguishing features of the new species are as follows: accessory stylets are forward and backward directed, statolith consists of 20-22 granules, posterior chamber of proboscis is of vesicular type. The bilateral construction is characteristic of the anterior proboscis chamber in the new species.