Species Pseudobiceros damawan Newman & Cannon, 1994

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pseudobiceros damawan Newman, L.J. & Cannon, L.R.G. 1994. Pseudoceros and Pseudobiceros (Platyhelminthes, Polycladida, Pseudocerotidae) from eastern Australia and Papua New Guinea. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 37: 205-266.

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G210613 (reef crest, coll. J.-M. Ouin, 15.ix.1992, longitudinal sections), Laing Island, Papua New Guinea [04°16'S 144°56'E].
  Paratype(s) QM G210612 (reef crest, coll. J.-M. Ouin, 15.ix.1992, wholemount), Laing Island, Papua New Guinea [04°16'S 144°56'E].

 

Introduction

Found rarely at Heron Island, but common in Papua New Guinea; found in associated with colonial ascidians, but is difficult to see (Newman & Cannon 1994). This species was recorded from Western Australia by Newman & Cannon (1997), however, the specimens from Coral Bay were noted to have a reddish tinge, absent from the type specimen collected in Papua New Guinea.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Laing Island, eastern Papua New Guinea, reef crest. Madang, Papua New Guinea, reef crest, 3-5 m (depth); reef slope, 10 m (depth). Heron Island, Capricorn Bunker Group, southern Great Barrier Reef, reef slope, 10 m (depth). See Newman & Cannon (1994).

Coral Bay, Western Australia, Australia, under rocks and rubble; rare. See Newman & Cannon (1997).

Point Cartwright, Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia. See Litvaitis et al. (2019).

Distribution References

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
20-May-2023	RHABDITOPHORA Ehlers, 1985	12-Apr-2023	MODIFIED	Dr Nicholas Wee (QM)
	"TURBELLARIA"	02-Aug-2012	ADDED	Dr Kathryn Hall