Species Pseudobiceros uniarborensis Newman & Cannon, 1994
- Pseudobiceros uniarborensis 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 G210599 (reef crest, 14.viii.1992, wholemount), Heron Island, Capricorn Bunker Group, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S 151°55'E].
Paratype(s) QM G210602 (reef crest, night, 30.i.1993, longitudinal sections), Heron Island, Capricorn Bunker Group, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S 151°55'E].
Introduction
One specimen of this species was found by Newman & Cannon (1994) with aberrant morphology; they reported that this specimen had two suckers. Newman & Cannon (1997) made further observations of the morphology of P. uniarborensis, stating that there is a range of colour patterns from opaque black on the southern Great Barrier Reef, through semi-transparent brown in Papua New Guinea, to light brown in specimens from the Philippines. In all these specimens, however, the marginal banding pattern is constant, leading Newman & Cannon (1997) to assign them all to the one species.
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Madang, Papua New Guinea. Heron Island, Capricorn Bunker Group, southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia; rare. Coral Bay, Western Australia, Australia; rare. Philippines; rare. Heron Island, Capricorn Bunker Group, southern Great Barrier Reef, reef crest; common. One Tree Island, Capricorn Bunker Group, southern Great Barrier Reef; abundant. Madang, Papua New Guinea, reef slope, 3 m (depth); rare. Gulf of Oman, rocky substrates with intertidal pools, associated with didemnid ascidians; rare.
IMCRA
Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
- Litvaitis, M.K. & Newman, L.J. 2001. A molecular framework for the phylogeny of the Pseudocerotidae (Platyhelminthes, Polycladida). Hydrobiologia 444: 177-182
- Maghsoudlou, A. & Rahimian, H. 2014. Contribution to the knowledge of cotylean flatworms (Turbellaria, Polycladida) from Iranian coasts: introducing a new species, with remarks on new records. Zootaxa 3860(4): 325-342 [Date published 8 September, 2014] [332]
General References
Newman, L.J. & Cannon, L.R.G. 1997. Nine new species of Pseudobiceros (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida) from the Indo-Pacific. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 45: 341-368
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "TURBELLARIA" | 02-Aug-2012 | ADDED | Dr Kathryn Hall |