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 miniatus
(
Schmarda, 1859
)
Taxonomic remarks.
This species was originally described as
Eurylepta miniata
(
Schmarda 1859
)
. Then its genus was discussed by
Diesing (1862)
, who transferred it to
Proceros
, and
Lang (1884)
, who transferred it to
Yungia
. Later,
Stummer-Traunfels (1933)
placed it into
Pseudoceros
. The drawings about Schmarda material inside Stummer-Traunfels’ paper (p. 3539, fig. 90), depict the species with two male gonopores, thus
Faubel (1984)
transferred it to
Pseudobiceros
.
The presence of two male pores was also noted by
Marcus (1950)
. We support that decision, as the species cannot belong to
Yungia
or
Pseudoceros
because of its two male gonopores. It is not clear why the species was not included into Newman & Cannon’s (1994, 1997) list of
Pseudobiceros
valid species.