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Anadeninus parvipenis (Pulmonata: Anadenidae), a Newly Recorded Species from Taiwan

Chi-Li Tsai, Hsi-Chi Cheng and Hsiao-Wei Kao

Published on: 16 March 2012

Page: 85 - 88

DOI: 10.6165/tai.2012.57(1).85

Abstract

Anadeninus parvipenis Wiktor, Chen et Wu (Anadenidae), an endangered species in China Species Red List, is recorded for the first time in Lalashan Forest Reserve, Taiwan. The spermatheca of this species is elongated, penis is small and epiphallus is long and thick. In this study, a description of this newly recorded species is given and the colored photographs of specimens, SEM images of radula and jaw and dissection of genitalia are also provided for aid of identification of this species.

中文摘要

等陽高山蛞蝓為中國紅皮書所列瀕危的蛞蝓,本種在臺灣拉拉山自然保護留區首次被採集記錄到。本種主要特徵為儲精囊長條形、陰莖短與陰莖鞘長且厚。本文描述此一新紀錄種蛞蝓,並提供標本彩色照片、齒舌與上頷電子顯微鏡照片及生殖腺解剖圖以供物種鑑定參考。

Keyword: Anadenidae, Anadeninus parvipenis, genitalia, New record, Taiwan.

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