Species Pseudoceros paralaticlavus Newman & Cannon, 1994
- Pseudoceros paralaticlavus 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 G210432 (reef crest, 7.ii.1993, wholemount), Heron Island, Capricorn Bunker Group, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S 151°55'E].
Paratype(s) QM G210428, 431 (wholemount and longitudinal sections), Heron Island, Capricorn Bunker Group, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S 151°55'E].
Introduction
This species is very similar morphologically to Pseudoceros laticlavus Newman & Cannon, 1994, however, it can be distinguished by a distinct yellow marginal band, which is not observed from P. laticlavus.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Heron Island and One Tree Island, Capricorn Bunker Group, southern Great Barrier Reef, reef slope and crest. Mooloolabah, southeast Queensland, Queensland, Australia. Madang, Papua New Guinea, reef crest. Laing Island, eastern Papua New Guinea, reef crest. See Ang & Newman (1998).
Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia; rare. North Stradbroke Island, Moreton Bay, southeast Queensland, Australia; rare. North Stradbroke Island, Moreton Bay, southeast Queensland, Australia; rare. See Newman & Cannon (1998); Marquina et al. (2015).
Madang, Papua New Guinea, reef crest and slope. See Goggin & Newman (1996).
Heron Island, Capricorn Bunker Group, southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. See Litvaitis & Newman (2001) & Litvaitis et al. (2019).
IMCRA
Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
- Ang, H.P. & Newman, L.J. 1998. Warning colouration in pseudocerotid flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Polycladida). A preliminary study. Hydrobiologia 383: 29-33
- Goggin, C.L. & Newman, L.J. 1996. Use of molecular data to discriminate pseudocerotid turbellarians. Journal of Helminthology 70: 123-126
- Litvaitis, M.K., Bolaños, D.M. & Quiroga, S.Y. 2019. Systematic congruence in Polycladida (Platyhelminthes, Rhabditophora): are DNA and morphology telling the same story? Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 186: 865–891 (See supplementary material)
- Litvaitis, M.K. & Newman, L.J. 2001. A molecular framework for the phylogeny of the Pseudocerotidae (Platyhelminthes, Polycladida). Hydrobiologia 444: 177-182
- Marquina, D., Aguado, M.T. & Noreña, C. 2015. New records of Cotylea (Polycladida, Platyhelminthes) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, with remarks on the distribution of the Pseudoceros Lang, 1884 and Pseudobiceros Faubel, 1984 species of the Indo-Pacific Marine Region. Zootaxa 4019(1): 354–377 [Date published 18 September 2015]
- 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20-May-2023 | RHABDITOPHORA Ehlers, 1985 | 12-Apr-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Nicholas Wee (QM) |
| "TURBELLARIA" | 02-Aug-2012 | ADDED | Dr Kathryn Hall |