A new species of Cephalodasys (Gastrotricha, Macrodasyida) from the Caribbean Sea with a determination key to species of the genus Author Kieneke, Alexander Author Schmidt-Rhaesa, Andreas Author Hochberg, Rick text Zootaxa 2015 3947 3 367 385 journal article 41440 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.3.4 e21766fe-79b8-498e-954a-4c1844d7a81a 1175-5326 243618 41AF948D-57C2-4622-B4A5-55EF72BE1F01

TABLE 2. Meristic and morphometric characters with diagnostic value of all known species of Cephalodasys. Abbreviations: a, absent; IT, intertidal; n.a., not applicable; p, present;?, unknown character; the question mark in brackets (?) denotes an unsure character state. Further abbreviations: See Table 1. species Lt [µm] LPh [µm] position of ratio of LPh to shape of anterior end ("head") shape of caudum

Cephalodasys cambriensis	990	290	U30 32%	pyriform rounded disc
Cephalodasys caudatus	700–800	220	U33 39%	rhombic, Dactylopodola -like elongate lobe
Cephalodasys dolichosomus	615–772	205–215	U28–U33 29%	pyriform rounded, slightly flared
Cephalodasys hadrosomus	322	152	U47 53%	rounded rounded
Cephalodasys littoralis	600–650	200	U35.5 39%	pyriform tapering
Cephalodasys maximus Cephalodasys miniceraus	700 464g	235 138	U33.5 36% U32 36%	pyriform rounded disc with hornlike lobes, Turbanella -like tapering
Cephalodasys pacificus	294–368	105–125	U34–U37 37%	pyriform rounded, slightly flared
Cephalodasys palavensis	400–500	ca. 140	U38 44%	rhombic, Dactylopodola -like tapering with blunt apex
Cephalodasys saegailus	492–517	191–196	U38–U39 37%	pyriform rounded, slightly flared
Cephalodasys swedmarki	500	238	U47 51,5%	pyriform to ovoid rounded
Cephalodasys turbanelloides	1000	367	U36.5 38%	pyriform rounded to parable-shaped
Cephalodasys sp. nov.	431–471	171–215	U35.5–U36 38–40%	pyriform rounded