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Collecting records attributed to Laidlaw FF

site site # collection date species locality kind comments reference
Gulf of Manaar (Manar, Mannar), Sri Lanka (Ceylon, Taprobane, Serendib, Sri Lanka Janarajaya) 17271904 or earlier Thalamoplana herdmani type locality   Laidlaw FF (1904): ; from Prudhoe S (citation)- page 38
Pearl Banks, Gulf of Manaar (Manar, Mannar), Sri Lanka (Ceylon, Taprobane, Serendib, Sri Lanka Janarajaya) 1743prior to 1904 Woodworthia insignis type locality Pearl Banks, Gulf of Manaar, Sri Lanka Laidlaw FF (1904): ; from Prudhoe S (citation)- page 59
Prison Island (Changa Island, Chango), East Africa, Tanzania 1759Jun 4, 1901 Ommatoplana tuberculata default type 1 specimen. Laidlaw FF (1903): 111
Straits of Malacca (Straat Malaka, Melaka, Malakka), Malaysia 1765prior to 1903 Semonia penangensis type locality on the Islet of Pulau Bidan, Straits of Malacca, Malaysia Laidlaw FF (1903): ; from Prudhoe S (citation)- page 80
Kenya (British East Africa, Kenya Colony) 1766prior to 1903 Phylloplana lactea type locality shore 'British East Africa' Laidlaw FF (1903): ; from Prudhoe S (citation)- page 83
Kenya (British East Africa, Kenya Colony) 1766prior to 1903 Haploplana elioti type locality   Laidlaw FF (1903): ; from Prudhoe S (citation)- page 87
Porto Grande de Sao Vicente (St Vincent Harbour, Porto Grande), Cape Verde Archipelago, Cape Verde 17781904 Zygantroplana verrilli type locality amongst weeds in St. Vincent Harbour collected by a diver in 1 to 2 fathoms. Laidlaw FF (1906): 709
Mozambique (Portuguese East Africa, Mocambique) 1785prior to 1903 Disparoplana dubia type locality   Laidlaw FF (1903): ; from Prudhoe S (citation)- page 111
Sri Lanka (Ceylon, Taprobane, Serendib, Sri Lanka Janarajaya) 1777prior to 1904 Stylochocestus gracilis type locality   Laidlaw FF (1904): ; from Prudhoe S (citation)- page 118
Cape Verde Archipelago, Cape Verde 1736prior to 1906 Traunfelsia elongata type locality From sandy shore among weeds. Laidlaw FF (1906): 714
Pulau Bidan Island, Straits of Malacca (Straat Malaka, Melaka, Malakka), Malaysia 1796prior to 1903 Asthenoceros woodworthi type locality under coral-rock on reef Laidlaw FF (1903): ; from Prudhoe S (citation)- page 127
Minicoy Island (Minikoi), India 1947prior to 1902 Pericelis byerleyana     Laidlaw FF (1902): 291 ;from Palombi (citation)-331-333, 351
Lake Tanganyika (Tanganjika See, Tanganyka Meer, Tanganika), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) 35411905 or earlier Planaria tanganyika default type on Zaire side. Laidlaw FF (1906): ; from Young 1976 (citation)- p. 427
Gulf of Naples (Bay of Naples, Neapel, Napoli), Italy 11421902 or earlier Typhlorhynchus nanus default type from Nephthys scolopendroides. Laidlaw FF (1902): abstract
Rotuma Islands (Rotumah Island, Grenville Island), Fiji 40141902 or earlier Latocestus pacificus default type   Laidlaw FF (1903): abstract
Rotuma Islands (Rotumah Island, Grenville Island), Fiji 40141902 or earlier Paraplanocera rotumanensis default type   Laidlaw FF (1903): abstract
Torres Strait 40131902 or earlier Pseudoceros haddoni default type   Laidlaw FF (1903): abstract
Zanzibar region, United Republic of Tanzania 40181903 or earlier Stylochus zanzibaricus default type   Laidlaw FF (1903): 100, 107
Maldive Islands, Republic of Maldives 19451903 or earlier Leptoplana pardalis default type   Laidlaw FF (1902): abstract
Laccadive (Cannanore) Islands, India 19461903 or earlier Leptoplana pardalis default type   Laidlaw FF (1902): abstract
lagoon at Galle, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 66081904 or earlier Thalamoplana herdmani default type Two specimens found in the lagoon at Galle. Laidlaw FF (1904): 132
Sri Lanka (Ceylon, Taprobane, Serendib, Sri Lanka Janarajaya) 17771902 Leptoplana gardineri default type   Laidlaw FF (1904): abstract
Sri Lanka (Ceylon, Taprobane, Serendib, Sri Lanka Janarajaya) 17771902 Leptoplana gardineri default type   Laidlaw FF (1904): abstract
Sri Lanka (Ceylon, Taprobane, Serendib, Sri Lanka Janarajaya) 17771902 Paraplanocera aurora     Laidlaw FF (1904): abstract
Sri Lanka (Ceylon, Taprobane, Serendib, Sri Lanka Janarajaya) 17771902 Paraplanocera aurora     Laidlaw FF (1904): abstract
Sri Lanka (Ceylon, Taprobane, Serendib, Sri Lanka Janarajaya) 17771902 Prosthiostomum singulare default type   Laidlaw FF (1904): abstract
Sri Lanka (Ceylon, Taprobane, Serendib, Sri Lanka Janarajaya) 17771902 Prosthiostomum singulare default type   Laidlaw FF (1904): abstract
Sri Lanka (Ceylon, Taprobane, Serendib, Sri Lanka Janarajaya) 17771902 Stylochocestus gracilis default type   Laidlaw FF (1904): abstract
Sri Lanka (Ceylon, Taprobane, Serendib, Sri Lanka Janarajaya) 17771902 Stylochocestus gracilis default type   Laidlaw FF (1904): abstract
Sri Lanka (Ceylon, Taprobane, Serendib, Sri Lanka Janarajaya) 17771902 Stylochus ceylanicus default type   Laidlaw FF (1904): abstract
Sri Lanka (Ceylon, Taprobane, Serendib, Sri Lanka Janarajaya) 17771902 Thalamoplana herdmani default type   Laidlaw FF (1904): abstract
Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia 40191904 or earlier Leptoplana australis default type   Laidlaw FF (1904): abstract
Thursday Island, Queensland, Australia 40201904 or earlier Stylochus vigilax default type   Laidlaw FF (1904): abstract
Thursday Island, Queensland, Australia 40201904 or earlier Stylochus vigilax default type   Laidlaw FF (1904): abstract
Cape Verde Archipelago, Cape Verde 17361904 Latocestus plehni default type Several specimens found in deep crevices of nullipore, or shells, never in the open. Laidlaw FF (1906): 711
Cape Verde Archipelago, Cape Verde 17361904 Latocestus plehni default type   Laidlaw FF (1906): abstract
Cape Verde Archipelago, Cape Verde 17361904 Leptoplana graffii default type Found amongst nodules of nullipores dredged in from 5-10 fathoms. Laidlaw FF (1906): 708
Zanzibar region, United Republic of Tanzania 40181901-1902 Planocera crosslandi default type "White, leaf-like form. Dredged off the mainland coast in 10 fathoms. 1 specimen. Laidlaw FF (1903): 100
Zanzibar region, United Republic of Tanzania 40181901-1902 Paraplanocera aurora default type   Laidlaw FF (1903): 100
Zanzibar region, United Republic of Tanzania 40181901-1902 Disparoplana dubia default type   Laidlaw FF (1903): 100
Zanzibar region, United Republic of Tanzania 40181901-1902 Stylochus suesensis     Laidlaw FF (1903): 100, 107
Zanzibar region, United Republic of Tanzania 4018Feb 19, 1901 Phylloplana lactea default type   Laidlaw FF (1903): 100, 106, 107
Kenya (British East Africa, Kenya Colony) 1766Mar 25, 1901 Haploplana elioti default type   Laidlaw FF (1903): 100, 109
Kenya (British East Africa, Kenya Colony) 1766Feb 15, 1901 Cestoplana filiformus default type   Laidlaw FF (1903): 100, 110
Boa Vista Island, Cape Verde 42531904 Planocera graffi   1 specimen. Laidlaw FF (1903): 707
Saint Vincent (São Vicente, Son Visent, Son Sent), Cape Verde 42541904 Planocera graffi   2 specimens. Laidlaw FF (1903): 707
Boa Vista Island, Cape Verde 42531904 Stylochoplana sargassicola   2 specimens. Dredged in 1 fathom of water. Laidlaw FF (1903): 707
Cape Verde Archipelago, Cape Verde 1736Jul 30, 1904 Stylochus neapolitanus   from the bottoms of lighters; in crevices of compound ascidians; or in empty lamellibrach shells. 2 specimens. Laidlaw FF (1903): 707
Cape Verde Archipelago, Cape Verde 1736Aug 8, 1904 Stylochus neapolitanus   from the bottoms of lighters; in crevices of compound ascidians; or in empty lamellibrach shells. 3 specimens. Laidlaw FF (1903): 707
Porto de Sal Rei, Boa Vista Island, Cape Verde 42551904 Leptoplana pallida   1 specimen. from a bucketful of the incrustations of rocks exposed to surf. Laidlaw FF (1903): 708
Porto de Sal Rei, Boa Vista Island, Cape Verde 42551904 Cestoplana rubrocincta   under stones at low tide, Boa Vista. Laidlaw FF (1906): 712
Porto Grande de Sao Vicente (St Vincent Harbour, Porto Grande), Cape Verde Archipelago, Cape Verde 17781904 Anonymus virilis   Dredged amongst nullipores, 3 and 10 fathoms. St. Vincent Harbour. Laidlaw FF (1906): 712
Porto Grande de Sao Vicente (St Vincent Harbour, Porto Grande), Cape Verde Archipelago, Cape Verde 17781904 Anonymus virilis   Dredged amongst nullipores, 3 and 10 fathoms. St. Vincent Harbour. Laidlaw FF (1906): 712
Porto Praya (Porto da Praia), Cape Verde 42561904 Thysanozoon brocchii   from under stones at low tide at St. Vincent and at Porto Praya. Laidlaw FF (1906): 713
Saint Vincent (São Vicente, Son Visent, Son Sent), Cape Verde 42541904 Thysanozoon brocchii   from under stones at low tide at St. Vincent and at Porto Praya. Laidlaw FF (1906): 713
Porto Praya (Porto da Praia), Cape Verde 42561904 Cycloporus papillosus (2)   from under stones at low tide, at Porto Praya. Laidlaw FF (1906): 713
Cape Verde Archipelago, Cape Verde 17361904 Prostheceraeus rubropunctatus   from the bottoms of lighters, along with Stylochus. Four specimens, one of them very young. Laidlaw FF (1906): 714
Porto Grande de Sao Vicente (St Vincent Harbour, Porto Grande), Cape Verde Archipelago, Cape Verde 17781904 Oligocladus sanguinolentus   from amongst nodules of nullipores dredged in St. Vincent Harbour, 5-10 fathoms. Laidlaw FF (1906): 714
Porto Grande de Sao Vicente (St Vincent Harbour, Porto Grande), Cape Verde Archipelago, Cape Verde 17781904 Prosthiostomum dohrnii   Several specimens. Amongst nullipores at low tide, and at 10 fathoms, St. Vincent. Laidlaw FF (1906): 714
Porto Grande de Sao Vicente (St Vincent Harbour, Porto Grande), Cape Verde Archipelago, Cape Verde 17781904 Prosthiostomum dohrnii   Several specimens. Amongst nullipores at low tide, and at 10 fathoms, St. Vincent. Laidlaw FF (1906): 714
Porto Grande de Sao Vicente (St Vincent Harbour, Porto Grande), Cape Verde Archipelago, Cape Verde 17781904 Prosthiostomum species (3)   One specimen from nullipore of Bird Rock, St. Vincent Harbour. It is remarkable that so delicate a creature should live in a place so exposed to the whole force of the Atlantic rollers. Laidlaw FF (1906): 714
Ousima (Oshima, Ousemma, Ryukyu Islands Ousima), Japan 17861857 or earlier Diplonchus marmoratus default type Ousima Island, Japan. Laidlaw FF (1902): ; from Faubel 1984 (citation)- p. 235
Weligama Bay, Sri Lanka 45001902 or earlier Cestoplana ceylanica default type obtained by Mr. Stanley Gardiner off the Wiligama reef, Ceylon. Laidlaw FF (1902): 302
Ousima (Oshima, Ousemma, Ryukyu Islands Ousima), Japan 17861857 or earlier Discocelis lactea default type Ousima Island, Japan. Laidlaw FF (1902): ; from Faubel 1984 (citation)- p. 235
Minicoy Island (Minikoi), India 19471902 or earlier Leptoplana sp. default type Maledives, Minikoi. Laidlaw FF (1902): ; from Faubel 1984 (citation)- p. 237
Suvadiva Atoll (Huvadhu Atholhu), Maldives 50271902 or earlier Planocera armata default type One specimen from 40 fathoms. Laidlaw FF (1902): 282
Minicoy Island (Minikoi), India 19471902 or earlier Planocera langii default type   Laidlaw FF (1902): 286
Goidhoo Atholhu (Goifurfehendu Atoll, Goifulha Fehendu, Goidu Atoll), Maldives 44811902 or earlier Leptoplana pardalis default type   Laidlaw FF (1902): 287
Minicoy Island (Minikoi), India 19471902 or earlier Leptoplana pardalis default type   Laidlaw FF (1902): 287
Minicoy Island (Minikoi), India 19471902 or earlier Leptoplana sp. default type   Laidlaw FF (1902): 289
Minicoy Island (Minikoi), India 19471902 or earlier Cestoplana maldivensis default type A single specimen from the reef of Minikoi, Laccadive group. Laidlaw FF (1902): 290
Minicoy Island (Minikoi), India 19471902 or earlier Pericelis byerleyana   Five specimens from Minikoi. Laidlaw FF (1902): 291
Minicoy Island (Minikoi), India 19471902 or earlier Thysanozoon plehni default type Three specimens 'from the reef-flat" Minikoi, with "brown to slate-black papillae". Laidlaw FF (1902): 294
Hulhule (Hulule), Maldives 50281902 or earlier Pseudoceros gardineri default type One specimen from Hulule, Male Atoll. Laidlaw FF (1902): 296
Hulhule (Hulule), Maldives 50281902 or earlier Pseudoceros punctatus default type One specimen from Hulule, Male Atoll. Laidlaw FF (1902): 296
Minicoy Island (Minikoi), India 19471902 or earlier Pseudoceros gamblei default type Several specimens from Minikoi, Laccadive Group, 'milk-white' or 'transparent flesh colour' with purple or dark-blue rims. Laidlaw FF (1902): 297
Minicoy Island (Minikoi), India 19471902 or earlier Pseudoceros tigrinus default type One specimen from Minikoi, Laccadive Group. Laidlaw FF (1902): 297
Minicoy Island (Minikoi), India 19471902 or earlier Pseudoceros buskii   Ten specimens fro Hulule and Minikoi. Laidlaw FF (1902): 298
Hulhule (Hulule), Maldives 50281902 or earlier Pseudoceros buskii   Ten specimens fro Hulule and Minikoi. Laidlaw FF (1902): 298
Suvadiva Atoll (Huvadhu Atholhu), Maldives 50271902 or earlier Prosthiostomum elegans default type A single specimen, dredged off hard sand, at 30 fathoms, in the lagoon of Suvadiva Atoll. Laidlaw FF (1902): 298
Hulhule (Hulule), Maldives 50281902 or earlier Prosthiostomum cooperi default type Two specimens, one semi-adult, the other immature, from Hulule, Male Atoll. Laidlaw FF (1902): 301
Cheval Bank, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 66061904 or earlier Stylochus ceylanicus default type Three specimens from Cheval Paar. Laidlaw FF (1904): 130
Periya Paar, Gulf of Manaar, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 66071904 or earlier Paraplanocera aurora   found at Station XVI., on the Periya Paar, in the Gulf of Manaar Laidlaw FF (1904): 128
Pearl Banks, Gulf of Manaar (Manar, Mannar), Sri Lanka (Ceylon, Taprobane, Serendib, Sri Lanka Janarajaya) 17431904 or earlier Woodworthia insignis default type One specimen from the pearl banks, Gulf of Manaar. Laidlaw FF (1904): 128
Gulf of Manaar (Manar, Mannar), Sri Lanka (Ceylon, Taprobane, Serendib, Sri Lanka Janarajaya) 17271899 Leptoplana gardineri default type One specimen, collected by Mr. Gardiner. Laidlaw FF (1904): 132
Gulf of Manaar (Manar, Mannar), Sri Lanka (Ceylon, Taprobane, Serendib, Sri Lanka Janarajaya) 17271904 or earlier Pseudoceros sp. default type One specimen, referable to this genus, from the pearl banks, Gulf of Manaar. Laidlaw FF (1904): 134
Sri Lanka (Ceylon, Taprobane, Serendib, Sri Lanka Janarajaya) 17771904 or earlier Prosthiostomum singulare default type One specimen from Ceylon (Gardiner). Laidlaw FF (1904): 134

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