Italian Marine Gastrotricha: II. One new genus and ten new species of Macrodasyida.

A new genus, Dendropodola, and species, D. transitionalis, are described in the family Dactylopodolidae. Three new species, Cepbaloda,sys badrosomus, Mesodasys adenotubulatus, and Mesodasys ischiensis, are described in the family Lepidodasyidae. And, six new species, Pseudostomella etrusca, Ptychostomella tyrrbenica, Tetranchyroderma beterotubulatum, Tetranchyroderma bypopsi1ancrum, Tetranchyroderma pachysomum, and Tetranchyroderma thysanophorum, are described in the family Thaumastodermatidae. Al] were collected in litiosi and shallow sublittoral sedimenta along the Italian coastline of the Mediterranean Sea and its adjacent waters.