Species Pseudoceros cruentus Newman & Cannon, 1998
- Pseudoceros cruentus Newman, L.J. & Cannon, L.R.G. 1998. Pseudoceros (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida) from the Indo-Pacific with twelve new species from Australia and Papua New Guinea. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 46: 293-323.
Type data:
Holotype QM G210847 (under rubble, reef crest, 14.ix.1992, wholemount), One Tree Island, Capricorn Bunker Group, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°30'S 151°05'E].
Paratype(s) QM G210841-4, 935-6, 938 (under rubble, reef crest, wholemount and longitudinal sections), Heron Island and One Tree Island, Capricorn Bunker Group, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S 151°55'E; 23°30'S 152°05'E].
Introduction
Newman & Cannon (1998) report P. cruentus in association with colonial ascidians (sometimes embedded in the cloacal chamber of the ascidian) under rubble; they also report that specimens lay a bright red egg mass, one layer thick, on the test of the ascidians, and will produce a similarly coloured mucus when disturbed.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Heron Island and One Tree Island, Capricorn Bunker Group, southern Great Barrier Reef, under rubble, reef crest. Madang, Papua New Guinea, reef crest; rare. Chuuk, Micronesia, reef crest; rare. See Newman & Cannon (1998).
General References
Newman, L.J. & Cannon, L.R.G. 1998. Pseudoceros (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida) from the Indo-Pacific with twelve new species from Australia and Papua New Guinea. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 46: 293-323
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "TURBELLARIA" | 02-Aug-2012 | ADDED | Dr Kathryn Hall |