Eveline du Bois-Reymond Marcus
ABSTRACTThe characters useful for determination are discussed and a key to the 8 Central and Eastern Atlantic recognizable species is given.Of the 18 species of Onchidella reported from the Atlantic, two, pachyderma (Plate, 1893) and pulchella Watson, 1925, are not recognizable. The same holds for celtica (Seurat, 1932). O. remanei Marcus, 1956, was found to be a junior synonym of celtica (Cuvier, 1817). The species of which material was now studied, celtica, incisa, marginata, maculata, accrensis and capensis, are described, as well as the probably new species, O. philippei. Onchidella indolens, floridana, brattstroemi, wah and miusha were treated in part 1. Some observations on O. floridana are added. On chidella is the only genus of the Onchidiacea occurring in the Atlantic.The distribution o f the species is shown on the map (Fig. 56).
INTRODUCTIONAn ample material of Onchidella incisa collected by Joseph Rosewater at Ascen sion and some specimens that Hans Brattstrpm brought form the warm Western Atlan tic and entrusted to me, as well as some living Onchidella capensis given to me by Ro berta Griffiths during my visit to Cape Town in 1977, determined me to return to the pulmonate genus Onchidella. Philippe Bouchet, Hélène Gantés and Henry B. Coomans sent me some samples from West Africa. The British Museum (Nat. Hist.) entrusted me with specimens of O. marginata, O. maculata and O. accrensis. Many friends helped me with literature. My sincere thanks are due to all of them.The species treated in part I are not discussed again here, only the diagrams of their male organs are repeated for comparison ( Fig. 1 H-N).List of the Atlantic species of Onchidella 1. celtica (Cuviers, 1817) (Figs. 1A, 2-10). 2. incisa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) (Figs. IE,(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24). 3. indolens (Gould, 1852) (Fig. 1 I, 17,25) 4. marginata (Gould, 1852) (Fig. 1 H). 5. armadillo (Morch, 1863) (Fig. 1 K). 6. floridana (Dali, 1885) (Fig. 1 J,(26)(27)(28). 7. maculata (Plate, 1893) (Fig. 1 D). 8. accrensis (Plate, 1893) ( Fig. 1 B, 3842). 9. pachyderma (Plate, 1893). 10. pulchella . 11. capensis Watson, 1925. 12. monodi (Gabe, Prenant & Soune, 1951). 13. souriei (Gabe & Prenant, 1955). 14. brattstroemi d.B.-R. Marcus, 1978 (Fig. 1 M). 15. miusha d.B.-R. Marcus, 1978 (Fig. 1 N). 16. wah d.B.-R. Marcus, 1978 (Fig. 1 L). 17. philippei, spec. nov. (Fig. 1G,[43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55].celtica Seurat (non Cuvier), 1932.
The Atlantic Species o f Onchidella (Gastropoda Pulmonata)
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GENERAL REMARKSThe classification of this group was a troublesome task, as most of the older, even if long and detailed, descriptions are incomplete for specific distinction. Hoff mann (1928) in several cases synonymized two or three species without having material to compare them. The dissection of specimens from their original locality has proven that Hoffman was not always right. Therefore in the present paper I describe mainly those organs which I found usefu...