Species Phrikoceros fritillus Newman & Cannon, 1996
- Phrikoceros fritillus Newman, L.J. & Cannon, L.R.G. 1996. New genera of pseudocerotid flatworms (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida) from Australian and Papua New Guinean coral reefs. Journal of Natural History 30: 1425-1441.
Type data:
Holotype QM G210667 (reef crest, 4.ii.1992, wholemount), Heron Island, Capricorn Bunker Group, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S 151°55'E].
Paratype(s) QM G210689-90, 692 (reef crest, anterior wholemount and longitudinal sections), Heron Island, Capricorn Bunker Group, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S 151°55'E].
Introduction
Specimens of P. fritillus are brown with cream microdots and an orange triangle between the pseudotentacles; this colouration provides excellent camouflage on the colonial ascidians on which specimens are known to feed (Newman & Cannon 1996).
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Heron Island, Capricorn Bunker Group, southern Great Barrier Reef, reef crest, in association with colonial ascidians; common. See Newman & Cannon (1996).
General References
Newman, L.J. & Cannon, L.R.G. 1996. New genera of pseudocerotid flatworms (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida) from Australian and Papua New Guinean coral reefs. Journal of Natural History 30: 1425-1441
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 |