title: A new Imogine species (Turbellaria: Polycladida: Stylochidae) associated with rock oysters (Saccostrea cucullata) from the Persian Gulf, with a review of the genus.
abstract: A new species of acotylean polyclad, Imogine qeshmensis sp. nov. is described from Qeshm Island, Persian Gulf, Iran. I. qeshmensis is characterized by the number and arrangement of the tentacular, cerebral and frontal eyes, a body margin with opaque white bands and eyespots and a male genital complex with an highly muscular seminal vesicle equal in size to the prostatic vesicle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Marine Biological Sciences, Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science (INIOAS), Tehran, Iran; Email: wahabbio@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Abdolvahab
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maghsoudlou
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D019156:Indian Ocean; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D010125:Ostreidae; D014419:Turbellaria / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*