Species Bulaceros porcellanus Newman & Cannon, 1996
- Bulaceros porcellanus Newman, L.J. & Cannon, L.R.G. 1996. Bulaceros, new genus, and Tytthosoceros, new genus, (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida) from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia and Papua New Guinea. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 44: 479-492.
Type data:
Holotype QM G210662 (reef crest, under rubble, 5.iv.1995), Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia [14°40'S 145°28'E].
Paratype(s) QM G210663-6 (longitudinal sections), Lizard Island, Heron Island and One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
Introduction
This species is noted for being sexually mature at a very small size for pseudocerotid worms, reaching maturity at only 8 x 3 mm in size.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia, reef crest. Heron Island and One Tree Island, Capricorn Bunker Group, southern Great Barrier Reef, reef crest.
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "TURBELLARIA" | 02-Aug-2012 | ADDED | Dr Kathryn Hall |