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(
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)
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<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC23210FF787F9B6B1AF864" bold="true" box="[151,286,1970,1995]" pageId="8" pageNumber="503">Etymology.</emphasis>
This species is named after Juan Piñeiro-Maceira, father of the first author, in acknowledgment of his support throughout her research on polyclads.
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material.
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: One specimen (MNRJ-PLAT 40,
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36 x
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mm) as sagittal sections of reproductive structures (35 slides). Collected
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at Enseada da Hípica,
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do Papagaio, Cabo Frio,
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,
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).
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Species only known so far from the
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locality.
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Background color brick orange with scattered white and dark spots; whitish translucent marginal band with a thin light yellow outermost line.
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: Background color brick orange. (
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A and G). Translucent white marginal band
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wide. Externally to it there is a thin light yellow line that runs all over the body margin, including pseudotentacle tips; it disappears after fixation. White and dark spots scattered in the dorsal surface except on the margin, giving the appearance of a granulated background. Tentacles are darker than the rest of the body (
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A). Ventral surface milky but with the same coloration pattern as presented dorsally.
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: Body oval and elongated. (
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A and B). Length is three times the width. Margin slightly ruffled.
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<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC33211FF287A6E6B79FDCF" box="[199,381,583,608]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="504">Pseudotentacles</emphasis>
: Broad, tubular and simple rounded marginal folds (
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A and C),
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long.
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: Cerebral eyespots at
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from the anterior margin (
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C). Cluster is about
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large and rounded horse shoe shaped. There are about 37 cerebral eyespots. A band of tentacular eyespots (
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C) is located in the border of the tentacles (approximately 68 eyespots in each fold), some other ocelli are scattered in between the tentacle folds (around 36 eyespots) and ventrally near the margin (30 eyespots on each side).
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<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC33211FF287AD46B80FCBB" box="[199,388,765,788]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="504">Digestive system</emphasis>
: Pharynx tipical of the genus, radially ramified, almost as long as wide with lots of intricate folds (
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B). It is
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large and located
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from the anterior margin. Mouth opens slightly anteriorly to the middle of the pharynx,
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from the anterior margin. Main intestine extends about 80% of the body length and reaches to
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from the posterior margin (
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B).
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<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC33211FF287BA56BE5FC0A" box="[199,481,908,933]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="504">Epidermis and body wall</emphasis>
: Dorsally, epidermis and muscular layer are more developed. Body wall thickness is 81 µm dorsally and 27 µm ventrally. Rhabdites present on both surfaces (
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E) but more abundant dorsally. Pigment granules present in the epidermis. Muscular fibers disposed as longitudinal, circular and diagonal layers, respectively. Sucker at
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from the anterior margin and
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from the female gonopore (
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B).
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<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC33211FF287C346B47FB9B" box="[199,323,1053,1076]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="504">Gonopores</emphasis>
:
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and female gonopores are
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from one another (
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B).
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gonopore
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distant from the anterior margin and measures
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. Female gonopore mesures
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.
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reproductive system
</emphasis>
: Prostatic vesicle round and located slightly left from the body median line (
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E). It measures 0.2 x
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and is located near the base of the penis papillae, anteriorly to the seminal vesicle. Seminal vesicle large (840 x 510 µm), elongated parallel to the longitudinal axis of the body (
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F). Its wall is densely muscularized (110 µm thick). Ejaculatory duct stretches perpendicularly to the vesicle and joins the prostatic duct at the penis papillae. Penis papillae 260 µm long.
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atrium 270 µm deep and with folds (
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F). Stylet 180 µm long.
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<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC33211FF287D156804FAFB" box="[199,512,1340,1365]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="504">Female reproductive system</emphasis>
: Vagina 180 µm long, connecting to oviducts perpendicularly (
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D). Oviducts directed backwards. Numerous cement glands present (
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D) and cement pouch (90 µm) relatively long. Female atrium 110 µm long (
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D).
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<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC33211FF287D8E6BBBFA6F" bold="true" box="[199,447,1447,1472]" pageId="9" pageNumber="504">Taxonomic remarks.</emphasis>
There are three
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species
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described or reported from
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;
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).
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<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC33211FE4D7DE56893FA4A" box="[418,663,1484,1509]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="504">Pseudoceros chloreus</emphasis>
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has a different color pattern and according to Marcus illustrations (
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) has a pharynx more elongated and with fewer folds than we find in our specimen. Some
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and
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<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC33211FE117E3C68A1F982" box="[510,677,1556,1581]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="504">P. rawlinsonae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
specimens have a similar pattern of white dorsal spots, but not the dark spots, and the general coloration pattern (especially the marginal band that is striated in
<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC33211FB347E106F42F9FF" box="[1243,1350,1591,1616]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="504">P. b i c o l o r</emphasis>
and
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<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC33211FA687E106B26F9DA" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="504">P. rawlinsonae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but is not in our specimen) is different (
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;
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Bolaños
<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC33211FBE77E746E39F9DA" box="[1032,1085,1628,1653]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="504">et al</emphasis>
. 2007
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="7E454B16FFC33211FB767E756F93F9DB" author="Bahia" box="[1177,1431,1628,1653]" pageId="9" pageNumber="504" refString="Bahia, J. &amp; Padula, V. (2009) First record of Pseudoceros bicolor and Pericelis cata (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida) from Brazil. Marine Biodiversity Records, 2, 1 - 5. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1017 / s 1755267209000918" type="journal article" year="2009">Bahia &amp; Padula 2009</bibRefCitation>
;
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Litvaitis
<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC33211FF147EA86B28F937" box="[251,300,1663,1688]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="504">et al</emphasis>
. 2010
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1A6B36E7FFC33211FF287E8D6E70F873" blockId="9.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="9" pageNumber="504">
The general coloration pattern of
<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC33211FDAB7E8C6893F913" box="[580,663,1701,1724]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="504">P. j u an i</emphasis>
<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC33211FD4C7E8D68F9F912" bold="true" box="[675,765,1700,1725]" pageId="9" pageNumber="504">sp. nov.</emphasis>
resembles that of the Mediterranean and Canarian (
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Vera
<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC33211FA677E8C6AA9F94F" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="504">et al</emphasis>
. 2008
</bibRefCitation>
) species
<taxonomicName id="DDD44D64FFC33211FEB07EE0691FF94F" authority="Delle Chiaje 1822" authorityName="Delle Chiaje" authorityYear="1822" box="[351,795,1735,1760]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Pseudocerotidae" genus="Yungia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="9" pageNumber="504" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="aurantiaca">
<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC33211FEB07EE0682BF94F" box="[351,559,1737,1760]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="504">Yungia aurantiaca</emphasis>
(Delle Chiaje 1822)
</taxonomicName>
. However, this genus is distinguished from
<taxonomicName id="DDD44D64FFC33211FAE17EEE6F98F94F" box="[1294,1436,1735,1760]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Pseudoceritidae" genus="Pseudoceros" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="9" pageNumber="504" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC33211FAE17EEE6F98F94F" box="[1294,1436,1735,1760]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="504">Pseudoceros</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the presence of intestinal pores and “
<taxonomicName id="DDD44D64FFC33211FD637EC56934F8AA" box="[652,816,1772,1797]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Pseudocerotidae" genus="Pseudobiceros" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="9" pageNumber="504" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC33211FD637EC56934F8AA" box="[652,816,1772,1797]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="504">Pseudobiceros</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
-like” pseudotentacles (
<bibRefCitation id="7E454B16FFC33211FBAA7EC56ED9F8AB" author="Faubel" box="[1093,1245,1772,1797]" pageId="9" pageNumber="504" refString="Faubel, A. (1984) The Polycladida, Turbellaria Proposal and establishment of a new system Part II. The Cotylea. Mitteilungen Hamburbischen Zoologischen Museum und Institute, 81, 189 - 259." type="journal article" year="1984">Faubel 1984</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="7E454B16FFC33211FB1F7EC56F93F8AA" author="Prudhoe" box="[1264,1431,1772,1797]" pageId="9" pageNumber="504" refString="Prudhoe, S. (1985) A Monograph on Polyclad Turbellaria. British Museum of Natural History and Oxford University Press, London / Oxford, 259 pp" type="book" year="1985">Prudhoe 1985</bibRefCitation>
; Newman &amp; Cannon 1994). The Australian species
<taxonomicName id="DDD44D64FFC33211FD157F266EB0F887" authority="Woodworth, 1898" authorityName="Woodworth" authorityYear="1898" box="[762,1204,1807,1832]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Pseudoceritidae" genus="Pseudoceros" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="9" pageNumber="504" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="devisii">
<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC33211FD157F2669DDF887" box="[762,985,1807,1832]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="504">Pseudoceros devisii</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="7E454B16FFC33211FC067F266EB0F887" author="Woodworth" box="[1001,1204,1807,1832]" pageId="9" pageNumber="504" refString="Woodworth, W. McM. (1898) Some planarians from the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology Harvard, 31, 63 - 67." type="journal article" year="1898">Woodworth, 1898</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
possesses yellowish orange coloration, but its pattern is dark orange marginal band and median line (
<bibRefCitation id="7E454B16FFC33211FBF07F1D6EEDF8E3" author="Woodworth" box="[1055,1257,1844,1869]" pageId="9" pageNumber="504" refString="Woodworth, W. McM. (1898) Some planarians from the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology Harvard, 31, 63 - 67." type="journal article" year="1898">Woodworth 1898</bibRefCitation>
). The picture of
<taxonomicName id="DDD44D64FFC33211FF787F706B1DF8DF" box="[151,281,1879,1904]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Pseudoceritidae" genus="Pseudoceros" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="9" pageNumber="504" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="prudhoei">
<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC33211FF787F706B1DF8DF" box="[151,281,1879,1904]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="504">P. prudhoei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Newman &amp; Cannon 1994; pg: 261) resembles our specimen. However, its marginal band is blue to mauve. Internally this species differs from
<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC33211FD997F5468C3F83B" box="[630,711,1917,1940]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="504">P. j u an i</emphasis>
<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC33211FD3E7F55692EF83A" bold="true" box="[721,810,1916,1941]" pageId="9" pageNumber="504">sp. nov.</emphasis>
in the position of the prostatic vesicle not being in front of the seminal vesicle but slightly under it (Newman &amp; Cannon 1994; pg: 235). The arrangement of tentacular eyespots is similar to the one illustrated in Newman &amp; Cannon (1994) figures 3A and E.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="1A6B36E7FFC03212FF787F106E70F847" blockId="10.[151,1436,1849,2024]" pageId="10" pageNumber="505">
<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC03212FF787F106B17F8E1" bold="true" box="[151,275,1849,1871]" pageId="10" pageNumber="505">FIGURE 8.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC03212FEF67F106BD0F8E0" box="[281,468,1849,1871]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="505">Pseudoceros juani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC03212FE347F10682FF8E1" bold="true" box="[475,555,1849,1870]" pageId="10" pageNumber="505">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
(MNRJ-PLAT 40)
<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC03212FD1D7F106900F8E1" bold="true" box="[754,772,1849,1870]" pageId="10" pageNumber="505">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC03212FCFE7F136951F8E0" box="[785,853,1850,1871]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="505">in vivo</emphasis>
;
<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC03212FC8C7F106970F8E1" bold="true" box="[867,884,1849,1870]" pageId="10" pageNumber="505">B</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="DDD44D64FFC03212FC6E7F1369CAF8E0" box="[897,974,1850,1871]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Pseudoceritidae" genus="Pseudoceros" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="10" pageNumber="505" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="juani">
<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC03212FC6E7F1369CAF8E0" box="[897,974,1850,1871]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="505">P. juani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
ventral view;
<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC03212FB8F7F106E76F8E0" bold="true" box="[1120,1138,1849,1871]" pageId="10" pageNumber="505">C</emphasis>
. detail of the anterior region;
<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC03212FF787F716AADF8C2" bold="true" box="[151,169,1880,1901]" pageId="10" pageNumber="505">D</emphasis>
. sagital section of female reproductive structures;
<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC03212FD5C7F7168C0F8C2" bold="true" box="[691,708,1880,1901]" pageId="10" pageNumber="505">E</emphasis>
. sagittal section of the male reproductive structures, showing prostatic vesicle;
<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC03212FF017F5E6AFFF823" bold="true" box="[238,251,1911,1932]" pageId="10" pageNumber="505">F</emphasis>
. sagittal section of male reproductive structures;
<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC03212FCE77F5F691DF823" bold="true" box="[776,793,1910,1932]" pageId="10" pageNumber="505">G</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC03212FCC67F5F6E37F822" box="[809,1075,1910,1933]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="505">
<taxonomicName id="DDD44D64FFC03212FCC67F5F69ECF822" box="[809,1000,1910,1933]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Pseudoceritidae" genus="Pseudoceros" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="10" pageNumber="505" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="juani">Pseudoceros juani</taxonomicName>
in situ
</emphasis>
. Photo: L.F. Cassino. ce: cerebral eyespots; cg: cement glands; cp: cement pouch; du: uterine duct; fa: female atrium; fg: female gonopore; it: main intestine; ma: male atrium; mg: male gonopore; pe: pseudotentacular eyespots; ph: pharynx; pv: prostatic vesicle; pt: pseudotentacle; ra: rhabdites; sd: seminal duct; st: stylet; su: sucker; sv: seminal vesicle; va: vagina; vs: vas deferens.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="1A6B36E7FFC13213FF2878BE68DBFE27" blockId="11.[151,1436,151,392]" pageId="11" pageNumber="506">
The internal features of
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<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC13213FE3D78B06823FF1F" box="[466,551,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="506">P. juani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC13213FDC178BE6883FF1F" bold="true" box="[558,647,151,176]" pageId="11" pageNumber="506">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
resemble those of
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<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC13213FCB678BE6E75FF1F" box="[857,1137,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="506">Pseudoceros lactolimbus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="7E454B16FFC13213FB9878B16F98FF1F" author="Newman" box="[1143,1436,152,176]" pageId="11" pageNumber="506" refString="Newman, L. J. &amp; Cannon, L. R. G. (1998) Pseudoceros (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida) from the Indo-Pacific with twelve new species from the Australia and Papua New Guinea. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 46 (2), 293 - 323." type="journal article" year="1998">Newman &amp; Cannon, 1998</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC13213FF2578946B80FF7A" box="[202,388,188,213]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="506">P. uniarborensis</emphasis>
Newman &amp; Cannon, 1994
</taxonomicName>
, such as a long and large seminal vesicle and prostatic vesicle located in front of the seminal vesicle. However, these species coloration patterns (Newman &amp; Cannon 1994 pg: 254, 263; 1998 pg: 309, 319) differ from that observed in
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<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC13213FCCB792C697DFEB3" box="[804,889,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="506">P. juani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC13213FC6F792D69DEFEB2" bold="true" box="[896,986,260,285]" pageId="11" pageNumber="506">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
(
<figureCitation id="82EF2A62FFC13213FC05792D6E29FEB3" box="[1002,1069,260,285]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="10.[151,250,1849,1871]" captionTargetBox="[290,1292,198,1802]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[284,1298,193,1808]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 8. Pseudoceros juani sp. nov. (MNRJ-PLAT 40) A. in vivo; B. P. juani ventral view; C. detail of the anterior region; D. sagital section of female reproductive structures; E. sagittal section of the male reproductive structures, showing prostatic vesicle; F. sagittal section of male reproductive structures; G. Pseudoceros juani in situ. Photo: L. F. Cassino. ce: cerebral eyespots; cg: cement glands; cp: cement pouch; du: uterine duct; fa: female atrium; fg: female gonopore; it: main intestine; ma: male atrium; mg: male gonopore; pe: pseudotentacular eyespots; ph: pharynx; pv: prostatic vesicle; pt: pseudotentacle; ra: rhabdites; sd: seminal duct; st: stylet; su: sucker; sv: seminal vesicle; va: vagina; vs: vas deferens." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/287269/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="506">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
A). The specimen found at Cabo Frio and studied herein does not fit any of the known
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<emphasis id="28A0EAF5FFC13213FD03790E697EFEEF" box="[748,890,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="506">Pseudoceros</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species (
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;
<bibRefCitation id="7E454B16FFC13213FB01790E6F93FEEF" author="Kaburaki" box="[1262,1431,295,320]" pageId="11" pageNumber="506" refString="Kaburaki, T. (1923) The Polyclad turbellarians from the Philippine Islands. United States National Museum Bulletin, 100 (1 / 10), 635 - 651." type="journal article" year="1923">Kaburaki 1923</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="7E454B16FFC13213FF7879646B2BFECA" author="Hyman" box="[151,303,332,357]" pageId="11" pageNumber="506" refString="Hyman, L. H. (1953) The polyclad flatworms of the Pacific coast of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 100 (2), 265 - 392." type="journal article" year="1953">Hyman 1953</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="7E454B16FFC13213FED179646BD2FECA" author="Hyman" box="[318,470,332,357]" pageId="11" pageNumber="506" refString="Hyman, L. H. (1954) The polyclad genus Pseudoceros, with special reference to the Indo-Pacific region. Pacific Science, 8, 219 - 225." type="journal article" year="1954">Hyman 1954</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="7E454B16FFC13213FE0A7965688CFECB" author="Prudhoe" box="[485,648,332,357]" pageId="11" pageNumber="506" refString="Prudhoe, S. (1989) Polyclad turbellarians recorded from African Waters. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zool), 55 (1), 47 - 96." type="journal article" year="1989">Prudhoe 1989</bibRefCitation>
; Newman &amp; Cannon 1994, 1995, 1998;
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), therefore the species is herein described and named.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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