species: Pseudoceros prudhoei in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Pseudoceros prudhoei


©Barbara Banks: Pseudoceros prudhoei about 2.5 cm long at Clam Garden, Lizard Island

©Barbara Banks: Pseudoceros prudhoei at Jewell Reef near Lizard Island

©Alexander Semenov: Unusual colour form of Pseudoceros prudhoei about 1.5 cm long from Turtle Beach, Lizard Island (lab photo, AM W.45204).

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Platyhelminthes
Class Rhabditophora
Order Polycladida
Family Pseudocerotidae
Genus Pseudoceros
Species Pseudoceros prudhoei

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Synonyms

Comments

See Marquina et al (2015) for notes on colour.

by Anne Hoggett

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

  • Aguado, M.T., C. Noreña, L. Alcaraz, D. Marquina, F. Brusa, C. Damborenea, B. Almon, C. Bleidorn and C. Grande (2017). Phylogeny of Polycladida (Platyhelminthes) based on mtDNA data. Organisms, Diversity and Evolution, 17: 767-778. LIRS catalog number 2185.
  • Marquina, D., Aguado, M. T. and C. Norena (2015). New records of Cotylea (Polycladida, Platyhelmenthes) 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. LIRS catalog number 1922.
  • Newman and L.R.G. Cannon, L.J. (1998). Pseudoceros (Platyhelminthes: Polycladia) from the Indo-Pacific with twelve new species from Australia and Papua New Guinea. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 46(2): 293-323. LIRS catalog number LIRS 699.