Pseudobiceros wirtzi sp. nov. (Polycladida: Cotylea) from Senegal with revision of valid species of the genus
Author
Bahia, Juliana
Author
Schrödl, Michael
text
Zootaxa
2016
4097
1
101
117
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4097.1.5
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1175-5326
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Pseudobiceros hancockanus
(
Collingwood, 1876
)
Taxonomic remarks.
This species was subject to much confusion concerning its synonym list. It was originally described as
Proceros hancockanus
(
Collingwood 1876
)
and assigned to
Prosthecereus
by
Lang (1884)
and to
Pseudoceros
by Laidlaw (1903).
Marcus (1950)
also recognized
Prosthecereus
-like pseudotentacles in the drawings.
Kaburaki (1923)
, however, synonymized it to another
Collingwood (1876)
species:
Pseudoceros malayaensis
(originally described as
Stylochopsis
and assigned to
Pseudoceros
by
Bock (1913))
which has the same color pattern and color but was represented with different pseudotentacles.
Bock (1913)
also listed both species as synonyms, but argued that a final decision about their identity should be let open.
Faubel (1984)
did not include both species in
Pseudoceros
,
Pseudobiceros
,
Prosthecereus
or in the
incertae sedis
species list.
Newman & Cannon (1994)
treated both as synonyms; adding information from fresh material, they transferred the species to
Pseudobiceros
. Here we follow Newman & Cannon’s (1994) position. It is, however, necessary to revise all the species showing black background color and orange or yellow margin, using museum and fresh material.