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material.
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21 x
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mm collected
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at
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, near Ngor Island (Voucher
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20160015HT).
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: Two specimens in 96% ethanol collected
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at Santo Antão,
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(Voucher
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<emphasis id="B903EA89FFD3EA7BF8B8F96EE0C10B54" bold="true" box="[199,507,1791,1816]" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">Geographic distribution.</emphasis>
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and
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. Additional photographic records from Madeira (
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, photo cortesy prof. Dr. Peter
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) and Canarias Islands (
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Vera
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2008
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).
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<emphasis id="B903EA89FFD3EA7BF8B8F8D6E0740B2C" bold="true" box="[199,334,1863,1888]" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">Etymology.</emphasis>
The species is named after Prof. Dr. Peter
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, who provided the material and has contributed with numerous marine invertebrate field guides over the years.
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<emphasis id="B903EA89FFD3EA7BF8B8F81EE07B0BE4" bold="true" box="[199,321,1935,1960]" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Black to very dark brown background color with narrow yellow lines, some of them partly white, mostly on their tips. Thin lines scattered on dorsal surface, without distinctive orientation; most transverse but not straight, curving and some even splitting.
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<emphasis id="B903EA89FFD2EA7AF8E8FA57E0290997" bold="true" box="[151,275,1478,1500]" pageId="5" pageNumber="106">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
A—
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from Madeira; B—detail of the ventral surface; C—
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<emphasis id="B903EA89FFD2EA7AFD4FFA56E4BB0990" bold="true" box="[1328,1409,1479,1500]" pageId="5" pageNumber="106">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B903EA89FFD2EA7AFDF7FA56E18609B7" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="106">in situ</emphasis>
from Senegal. fg: female gonopore; mg: male gonopore; mo: mouth; ph: pharynx; pt: pseudotentacles; su: sucker.
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<emphasis id="B903EA89FFD2EA7AF8B8F9B3E0630A77" bold="true" box="[199,345,1570,1595]" pageId="5" pageNumber="106">Description.</emphasis>
Color: Black to very dark brown background color. Narrow yellow lines, some of them partly white, mostly on their tips. Thin lines scattered on dorsal surface, without distinctive orientation; most transverse but not straight, curving and some even splitting. In
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specimen lines white when nearer to margin; in Madeira worms, yellow lines and all white lines in middle of body (
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A, C).
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<paragraph id="8BC8369BFFD2EA7AF8B8F922E26F0A87" blockId="5.[151,1437,1570,2027]" box="[199,853,1714,1739]" pageId="5" pageNumber="106">Form: body rounded, delicate constitution, ruffled margin.</paragraph>
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Pseudotentacles: pointed ear-like, about
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C,
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A).
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Eyes: cerebral eyespots arranged in horseshoe shape cluster of approximately 18 eyespots. Deep dark coloration and contracted pseudotentacular area making eyespots counting difficult. Ventral pseudotentacular eyespots in four groups, two in sinus between folds, and other two on each broad flap of marginal tentacles (
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A). Dorsally, two groups with evenly spaced eyespots in broader part of pointed ear-like tentacle, and two groups, one in each pseudotentacular tips (
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A). These more densely arranged as in main pseudotentacle structure.
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Digestive system: mouth opens at
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from anterior margin, pharynx short with 4 to 5 shallow folds, 1.7 mm long (
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B).
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<emphasis id="B903EA89FFD1EA79F8E8FA98E02F0952" bold="true" box="[151,277,1289,1311]" pageId="6" pageNumber="107">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
A—
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<emphasis id="B903EA89FFD1EA79F935FA98E3200953" box="[330,538,1289,1311]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="107">Pseudobiceros wirtz</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
dorsal and ventral diagrams of the pseudotentacular area; B and D—sagittal sections of male reproductive structures; C—diagram of reconstruction of slides. ce: cerebral eyespots; de: dorsal eyespots; ed: ejaculatory duct; me: middle ventral eyespots; pp: penis papilla; pv: prostatic vesicle; te: pseudotentacular tip eyespots; sd: seminal duct; st: stylet; sv: seminal vesicle; ve: ventral eyespots.
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Body wall: sucker
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in diameter, located at 1.2 mm from female gonopore. Ventrally, epidermis almost twice as thick as basement membrane, densely ciliated. Muscular layers thin, outer longitudinal, followed inward by circular and inner diagonal.
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<paragraph id="8BC8369BFFD1EA79F8B8F985E5310A1C" blockId="6.[151,1437,1447,2012]" pageId="6" pageNumber="107">
Gonopores: two male and one female gonopores. Male pores 0.5 mm in diameter at 5.5 mm from anterior margin; female pore
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behind male gonopore,
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in diameter (
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B).
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Male reproductive system: seminal vesicle large and elongated, 0.5 mm long and 0.3 mm broad. Prostatic vesicle rounded and 0.19 mm in diameter (
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B, C, D). Ejaculatory duct straight, 0.2 mm long. Male atrium shallow, penis papillae 0.25 long and stylet short.
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<paragraph id="8BC8369BFFD1EA79F8B8F956E3940B48" blockId="6.[151,1437,1447,2012]" pageId="6" pageNumber="107">Female reproductive system: specimen seems to be immature, since we have not found in our slides female structures, like cement glands, vagina and uteri.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B903EA89FFD1EA79F8B8F89EE0870B64" bold="true" box="[199,445,1807,1832]" pageId="6" pageNumber="107">Taxonomic remarks.</emphasis>
The presence of two male gonopores, smooth dorsal surface, simple and shallow folded pharynx and complex folded pseudotentacles place the new species in the genus
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<emphasis id="B903EA89FFD1EA79FC4EF8A2E5EF0B00" box="[1073,1237,1843,1868]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="107">Pseudobiceros</emphasis>
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.
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species with black background and yellow and white lines color pattern are not common.
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<emphasis id="B903EA89FFD1EA79FCBBF8C6E4A60B3C" box="[1220,1436,1879,1904]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="107">Pseudoceros zebra</emphasis>
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generally resembles the studied species in its color pattern (
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), but, they belong to different genera.
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<emphasis id="B903EA89FFD1EA79F88BF80EE0F10BF4" box="[244,459,1951,1976]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="107">Pseudoceros zebra</emphasis>
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present the complex ruffled pharynx typical for
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<emphasis id="B903EA89FFD1EA79FC71F80EE5A60BF4" box="[1038,1180,1951,1976]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="107">Pseudoceros</emphasis>
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, while
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<emphasis id="B903EA89FFD1EA79FC87F80EE1ED0B90" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="107">Pseudobiceros wirtzi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B903EA89FFD1EA79F8A1F852E0020B90" bold="true" box="[222,312,1987,2012]" pageId="6" pageNumber="107">
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has few simple folds in its pharynx. In addition, the newly described species lacks a marginal band and exhibits a dorsal surface with thin yellow and white transverse and multiple lines in multiple directions, mostly transverse, instead of the lack of pigmentation between black areas showed by
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<emphasis id="B903EA89FFD0EA78FC74FF2DE5E40C99" box="[1035,1246,188,213]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="108">Pseudoceros zebra</emphasis>
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.
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In Marcus (1950), Faubels (1984), and Newman &amp; Cannons (1994) revisions of accepted
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<emphasis id="B903EA89FFD0EA78FCA2FF4EE4510CB4" box="[1245,1387,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="108">Pseudoceros</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B903EA89FFD0EA78F8E8FE95E0010D51" box="[151,315,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="108">Pseudobiceros</emphasis>
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species, no other
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<emphasis id="B903EA89FFD0EA78FA78FE95E3910D51" box="[519,683,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="108">Pseudobiceros</emphasis>
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species match the color pattern presented by
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<emphasis id="B903EA89FFD0EA78FCD1FE94E4310D50" box="[1198,1291,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="108">P. wirtzi</emphasis>
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. Newman &amp; Cannon pointed out species with transverse lines pattern such as
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,
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,
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,
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,
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but all present a distinctive margin, which is lacking in our specimens.
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<emphasis id="B903EA89FFD0EA78FC87FEDDE1CF0DC4" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="108">Pseudobiceros bedfordi</emphasis>
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, (
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) has a much more complex color pattern with wider stripes instead of lines, and with blotches, mottling, and different colored dots that are absent from
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.
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<emphasis id="B903EA89FFD0EA78FB9EFE05E42D0DE1" box="[993,1303,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="108">Pseudobiceros dendricticus</emphasis>
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, has yellow background color and brown longitudinal lines and a yellow median line (
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), instead of black background color and yellow and white lines as the studied specimens.
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<emphasis id="B903EA89FFD0EA78FB95FE4DE4100DB9" box="[1002,1322,476,501]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="108">Pseudobiceros flavolineatus</emphasis>
(
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)
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is the one that most resembles
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<emphasis id="B903EA89FFD0EA78FA4CFD90E3B40E54" box="[563,654,513,536]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="108">P. wirtzi</emphasis>
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, but it presents a double row of dark spots on its margin, has a reddish brown background color and the narrow yellow lines are disposed from the median line to the margin without touching each other, in a concentric design, which is not the case in
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<emphasis id="B903EA89FFD0EA78FBC5FDD8E5220E2C" box="[954,1048,585,608]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="108">P. wirtzi</emphasis>
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. The Australian species
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<emphasis id="B903EA89FFD0EA78FD46FDD8E4A60E2C" box="[1337,1436,583,608]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="108">P. fulgor</emphasis>
(
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)
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has white stripes instead of yellow and a lighter background color of brownish orange or deep pink, and presents yellow or cream blotches and black margin that are absent in
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, in addition to a rounded seminal vesicle instead of elongated. The studied specimens belong to the same species as the ones illustrated in Pérez Sanchéz &amp; Moreno Batet (1990, p: 101),
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&amp; Debelius (2003, p: 84)
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and
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. It was also recently reported, but not described, as
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sp4 from Canary Islands by
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Vera
<emphasis id="B903EA89FFD0EA78F88BFCB0E0160F74" box="[244,300,799,824]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="108">et al.</emphasis>
(2008)
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.
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