The polyclads (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida) from the Tropical Eastern Pacific: Commented checklist and description of a new species
Author
Ramos-Sánchez, Mariela
Doctorado en Ciencias Biológico Agropecuarias, Área Ciencias Biológico Agropecuaria y Pesquera, Ciudad de la cultura “ Amado Nervo ”, Tepic, Nayarit, 63000, Mexico. & Laboratorio de Sistemática de Invertebrados Marinos (LABSIM), Universidad del Mar, campus Puerto Ángel, Ciudad Universitaria, Puerto Ángel, Oaxaca, 70902, Mexico.
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2024
2024-10-17
962
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1
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https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2683/12419
journal article
10.5852/ejt.2024.962.2683
2118-9773
40171C5B-90EB-4641-91FF-EA8CA2C60D23
Pericelis nazahui
Ramos-Sánchez, Bahia & Bastida-Zavala, 2020
Pericelis nazahui
Ramos-Sánchez
et al.
, 2020: 62–68
, figs 8a–i, 9a–b, 10a–f (
type
locality: Yerbabuena Beach,
Oaxaca
,
Mexico
,
15°44′55.4″ N
,
96°7′48.2″ W
).
Distribution
Central coast of
Oaxaca
: Panteón and Yerbabuena beaches and Cacaluta Bay.
Habitat
Benthic, sublittoral (
2–10 m
). The specimens were collected under rocks, found in groups of two to three individuals per rock and alongside blue sponges, seaweed, polychaetes, and chitons.
Remarks
Pericelis nazahui
lacks a reticular or spotted coloring pattern, but has a brown dorsal surface, with the central region of the body, the margin, and the cerebral region appearing slightly grey, whitish, or beige, and two slightly faint beige lines, each line going from the cerebral region to the pseudotentacles. It has a common gonopores, a scarce internal glandular epithelium, and lacks glandular epithelium in the penis papilla. The female reproductive system features paired uterine vesicles.