Species Pseudoceros sapphirinus Newman & Cannon, 1994
- Pseudoceros sapphirinus 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 G210444 (reef slope, 10 m (depth), 29.i.1992, wholemount), Heron Island, Capricorn Bunker Group, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S 151°55'E].
Paratype(s) QM G210443, 210445-447, 210488, 210522 (reef slope, night, 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, reef slope, 6-12 m (depth); common at Heron Island, under ledges. Philippines. See Newman & Cannon (1994).
Heron Island and One Tree Island, Capricorn Bunker Group, southern Great Barrier Reef, reef slope; common at Heron Island, under ledges, night. Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef; rare. Palau, Micronesia; rare. Philippines; rare. See Newman & Cannon (1998).
Heron Island, Capricorn Bunker Group, southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. See Litvaitis & Newman (2001).
Distribution References
- Litvaitis, M.K. & Newman, L.J. 2001. A molecular framework for the phylogeny of the Pseudocerotidae (Platyhelminthes, Polycladida). Hydrobiologia 444: 177-182
- 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
- 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
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 |