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Record # 22578
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Marquina D, Teresa Aguado M, NoreƱa C (2015)
New records of Cotylea (Polycladida, Platyhelminthes) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, with remarks on the distribution of the Pseudoceros Lang, 1884 and Pseudobiceros Faubel, 1984 species of the Indo-Pacific Marine Region.
Zootaxa Volume:4019 Issue:1 Pages:354-377

Abstract / Notes

"n the present work eleven polyclad species of Lizard Island are studied. Seven of them are new records for
this locality of the Australian coral reef and one is new to science, Lurymare clavocapitata n. sp. (Family
Prosthiostomidae). The remaining recorded species belong to the genera Pseudoceros (P. bimarginatus, P.
jebborum, P. stimpsoni, P. zebra, P. paralaticlavus and P. prudhoei) and Pseudobiceros (Pb. hancockanus, Pb.
hymanae, Pb. flowersi and Pb. uniarborensis). Regardless of the different distribution patterns, all
pseudocerotid species show brilliant colours, but similar internal morphology. Furthermore, differences in
the
form and size of the stylet are characteristic, because it is a sclerotic structure that is not affected
during fixation. In Pseudoceros, the distance between the sucker and the female pore also differs among
species. These features do not vary enough to be considered as diagnostic, but they provide information that
can help to disentangle similarly coloured species complexes. A key of the genera Pseudoceros and
Pseudobiceros of the Indo-Pacific region is provided, in order to facilitate the identification of species
from this area."

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