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
267125
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Genus
Pseudobiceros
Faubel, 1984
Type
species:
Pseudobiceros strigosus
(
Marcus, 1950
)
junior synonym of
Pseudobiceros gratus
(
Kato, 1937
)
Taxonomic remarks.
The confusion about the genus
Pseudobiceros
begins with its
type
species.
Pseudoceros strigosus
was a name created by
Marcus (1950)
to solve confusion resulted from the misuse of the specific name
striata
(in the originally
Eurylepta
description
(Schmarda 1859))
or
striatus
(after it was relocated in
Pseudoceros
(
Stummer-Traunfels 1933, p. 3487 and fig. 95
) He stated a distinction between
P. striatus sensu
Schmarda
(1859, p. 27 and fig. 62) and
sensu
Keelart (1858, p. 137; Keelart
in
Collingwood 1876
, p. 97 and fig. 25), since one is described as white with dark stripes and the other as dark with bright stripes.
Hyman (1959a)
solved the confusion stating
P. gratus
(
Kato 1937
)
is synonymous to the original Schmarda species and thus there was no need for the new name given by Marcus.
Faubel (1984)
followed Marcus’ opinion, while
Newman & Cannon (1994)
followed Hyman. We find that
Hyman (1959)
is right and
Pseudobiceros gratus
has priority over
P. strigosus
. However,
Pseudobiceros strigosus
is still the name of the genus
type
. There is only observation that must be done to
Newman & Cannon (1994)
,
Pseudoceros habroptilus
(
Hyman 1959
)
should not be included in
Pseudobiceros gratus
synonym list, as it was described without information about reproductive structures, and it was draw with two median lines instead of one, as present in
Pseudobiceros gratus
.