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The specific name refers to the presence of two-coloured bands (black and orange) on pseudotentacles (
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x
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) and oval with smooth margin. White background colour with black pattern on the dorsum; thin interrupted orange marginal band followed by a wide white rim (
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). A thin longitudinal stripe line runs from cerebral eyespot cluster to the posterior end without touching the orange marginal band (
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<figureCitation id="179DA8F22910FFE15B608074FA6CFA49" box="[1302,1422,1404,1431]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="9.[152,255,1896,1920]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,181,1872]" captionTargetId="figure-17@9.[164,1423,181,1872]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 5. Pseudoceros bifascia sp. nov. (A) Holotype (live); (B) Holotype (in vivo); (C–F) preserved specimen; (C) dorsal surface (D) ventral surface; (E) cerebral eyes and pseudotentacles; (F) tentacular eyes on ventral side of pseudotentacles. ce, cerebral eyes; fp, female gonopore; m, mouth; mp, male gonopore; p, pharynx; pt, pseudotentacles; su, sucker; te, tentacular eyes." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11101959" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11101959/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="413">Fig. 5A, B</figureCitation>
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). Pseudotentacles black-tipped, followed by an orange band and are simple folding of the anterior margin. Cerebral eye cluster horseshoe-shaped. Ventral surface cream in colour.
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<emphasis id="BDD268652910FFE15EB180E0FEA3F9DC" box="[199,321,1512,1538]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="413">Preserved:</emphasis>
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Specimen yellowish after fixation (
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).
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and female gonopores
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apart; female gonopore and sucker
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apart (
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<figureCitation id="179DA8F22910FFE15C5C8304FD62F9F9" box="[554,640,1548,1575]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="9.[152,255,1896,1920]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,181,1872]" captionTargetId="figure-17@9.[164,1423,181,1872]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 5. Pseudoceros bifascia sp. nov. (A) Holotype (live); (B) Holotype (in vivo); (C–F) preserved specimen; (C) dorsal surface (D) ventral surface; (E) cerebral eyes and pseudotentacles; (F) tentacular eyes on ventral side of pseudotentacles. ce, cerebral eyes; fp, female gonopore; m, mouth; mp, male gonopore; p, pharynx; pt, pseudotentacles; su, sucker; te, tentacular eyes." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11101959" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11101959/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="413">Fig. 5D</figureCitation>
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<emphasis id="BDD268652910FFE15CF68304FD6BF9F8" bold="true" box="[640,649,1548,1574]" pageId="8" pageNumber="413">)</emphasis>
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. Pharynx
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long, ruffled with six to seven folds.
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gonopore situated very close to last pair of pharyngeal folds (
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<emphasis id="BDD268652910FFE15D508338FCD4F994" bold="true" box="[806,822,1584,1610]" pageId="8" pageNumber="413">),</emphasis>
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and
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from anterior margin. Cerebral eye cluster with ~45–50 eyes (
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<emphasis id="BDD268652910FFE15FB7835CFE28F9B0" bold="true" box="[449,458,1620,1646]" pageId="8" pageNumber="413">)</emphasis>
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. Ventral tentaclular eyes distributed in limited area (
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<figureCitation id="179DA8F22910FFE15A60835CFB8BF9B1" box="[1046,1129,1620,1647]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="9.[152,255,1896,1920]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,181,1872]" captionTargetId="figure-17@9.[164,1423,181,1872]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 5. Pseudoceros bifascia sp. nov. (A) Holotype (live); (B) Holotype (in vivo); (C–F) preserved specimen; (C) dorsal surface (D) ventral surface; (E) cerebral eyes and pseudotentacles; (F) tentacular eyes on ventral side of pseudotentacles. ce, cerebral eyes; fp, female gonopore; m, mouth; mp, male gonopore; p, pharynx; pt, pseudotentacles; su, sucker; te, tentacular eyes." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11101959" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11101959/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="413">Fig. 5F</figureCitation>
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<emphasis id="BDD268652910FFE15A1F835CFB90F9B0" bold="true" box="[1129,1138,1620,1646]" pageId="8" pageNumber="413">)</emphasis>
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. Dorsal epidermis thick in comparison to ventral epidermis; dorsal epidermis thickness 47 to 51 µm; ventral epidermis 5 to 8 µm thick.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8F19B4772910FFE15EB18394FA6FF8B4" blockId="8.[151,1437,1332,2043]" pageId="8" pageNumber="413">
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reproductive system single, consists of ventrally scattered testes (
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<figureCitation id="179DA8F22910FFE15D958394FBD9F968" box="[995,1083,1692,1718]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="10.[152,255,1312,1336]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1288]" captionTargetId="figure-25@10.[151,1436,181,1288]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 6. Pseudoceros bifascia sp. nov. Sagittal sections, anterior to the right (A) showing arrangement of reproductive structures; (B) male and female reproductive system (magnified); (C) section showing testes (ventral) and ovaries (dorsal). cg, cement glands; cp, cement pouch; ed, ejaculatory duct; fa, female atrium; fp, female gonopore; ma, male atrium; mp, male gonopore; ov, ovaries; ovd, oviduct; pd, prostatic duct; pp, penis papilla; pv, prostatic vesicle; sv, seminal vesicle; tst, testes; va, vagina." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11101961" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11101961/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="413">Fig. 6C</figureCitation>
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), seminal vesicle, free prostatic vesicle, penis papilla in thick penis sheath housed in male atrium, which opens to the outside via male gonopore (
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<figureCitation id="179DA8F22910FFE15EE983ECFF1EF920" box="[159,252,1764,1790]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="10.[152,255,1312,1336]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1288]" captionTargetId="figure-25@10.[151,1436,181,1288]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 6. Pseudoceros bifascia sp. nov. Sagittal sections, anterior to the right (A) showing arrangement of reproductive structures; (B) male and female reproductive system (magnified); (C) section showing testes (ventral) and ovaries (dorsal). cg, cement glands; cp, cement pouch; ed, ejaculatory duct; fa, female atrium; fp, female gonopore; ma, male atrium; mp, male gonopore; ov, ovaries; ovd, oviduct; pd, prostatic duct; pp, penis papilla; pv, prostatic vesicle; sv, seminal vesicle; tst, testes; va, vagina." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11101961" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11101961/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="413">Fig. 6A</figureCitation>
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). An elongated slender-shaped, thick-walled seminal vesicle present, 470 µm long and 210 µm wide at widest point (
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<figureCitation id="179DA8F22910FFE15F478200FE49F8FD" box="[305,427,1800,1827]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="10.[152,255,1312,1336]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1288]" captionTargetId="figure-25@10.[151,1436,181,1288]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 6. Pseudoceros bifascia sp. nov. Sagittal sections, anterior to the right (A) showing arrangement of reproductive structures; (B) male and female reproductive system (magnified); (C) section showing testes (ventral) and ovaries (dorsal). cg, cement glands; cp, cement pouch; ed, ejaculatory duct; fa, female atrium; fp, female gonopore; ma, male atrium; mp, male gonopore; ov, ovaries; ovd, oviduct; pd, prostatic duct; pp, penis papilla; pv, prostatic vesicle; sv, seminal vesicle; tst, testes; va, vagina." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11101961" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11101961/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="413">Fig. 6A, B</figureCitation>
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). Oval, thin-walled prostatic vesicle, 183µm long and 85 µm wide, present anterior to the seminal vesicle (
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<figureCitation id="179DA8F22910FFE15F238224FE52F898" box="[341,432,1836,1862]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="10.[152,255,1312,1336]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1288]" captionTargetId="figure-25@10.[151,1436,181,1288]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 6. Pseudoceros bifascia sp. nov. Sagittal sections, anterior to the right (A) showing arrangement of reproductive structures; (B) male and female reproductive system (magnified); (C) section showing testes (ventral) and ovaries (dorsal). cg, cement glands; cp, cement pouch; ed, ejaculatory duct; fa, female atrium; fp, female gonopore; ma, male atrium; mp, male gonopore; ov, ovaries; ovd, oviduct; pd, prostatic duct; pp, penis papilla; pv, prostatic vesicle; sv, seminal vesicle; tst, testes; va, vagina." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11101961" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11101961/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="413">Fig. 6B</figureCitation>
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). Prostatic vesicle with smooth granular epithelial lining, ~3 to 5 µm thick.
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atrium simple without folds (
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<figureCitation id="179DA8F22910FFE15FFB8258FE00F8B4" box="[397,482,1872,1898]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="10.[152,255,1312,1336]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1288]" captionTargetId="figure-25@10.[151,1436,181,1288]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 6. Pseudoceros bifascia sp. nov. Sagittal sections, anterior to the right (A) showing arrangement of reproductive structures; (B) male and female reproductive system (magnified); (C) section showing testes (ventral) and ovaries (dorsal). cg, cement glands; cp, cement pouch; ed, ejaculatory duct; fa, female atrium; fp, female gonopore; ma, male atrium; mp, male gonopore; ov, ovaries; ovd, oviduct; pd, prostatic duct; pp, penis papilla; pv, prostatic vesicle; sv, seminal vesicle; tst, testes; va, vagina." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11101961" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11101961/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="413">Fig. 6B</figureCitation>
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) housing unarmed conical penis papilla surrounded by thick penis sheath (
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<figureCitation id="179DA8F22910FFE15B5E8258FA63F8B4" box="[1320,1409,1872,1898]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="10.[152,255,1312,1336]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1288]" captionTargetId="figure-25@10.[151,1436,181,1288]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 6. Pseudoceros bifascia sp. nov. Sagittal sections, anterior to the right (A) showing arrangement of reproductive structures; (B) male and female reproductive system (magnified); (C) section showing testes (ventral) and ovaries (dorsal). cg, cement glands; cp, cement pouch; ed, ejaculatory duct; fa, female atrium; fp, female gonopore; ma, male atrium; mp, male gonopore; ov, ovaries; ovd, oviduct; pd, prostatic duct; pp, penis papilla; pv, prostatic vesicle; sv, seminal vesicle; tst, testes; va, vagina." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11101961" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11101961/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="413">Fig. 6B</figureCitation>
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).
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<paragraph id="8F19B4772910FFE15EB1827CFAE8F824" blockId="8.[151,1437,1332,2043]" pageId="8" pageNumber="413">
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Female reproductive system consists of dorsally scattered ovaries (
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), oviducts, vagina, cement pouch surrounded by numerous cement glands and female atrium (
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<figureCitation id="179DA8F22910FFE15D358290FC7FF86C" box="[835,925,1944,1970]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="10.[152,255,1312,1336]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1288]" captionTargetId="figure-25@10.[151,1436,181,1288]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 6. Pseudoceros bifascia sp. nov. Sagittal sections, anterior to the right (A) showing arrangement of reproductive structures; (B) male and female reproductive system (magnified); (C) section showing testes (ventral) and ovaries (dorsal). cg, cement glands; cp, cement pouch; ed, ejaculatory duct; fa, female atrium; fp, female gonopore; ma, male atrium; mp, male gonopore; ov, ovaries; ovd, oviduct; pd, prostatic duct; pp, penis papilla; pv, prostatic vesicle; sv, seminal vesicle; tst, testes; va, vagina." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11101961" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11101961/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="413">Fig. 6B</figureCitation>
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). Vagina oriented towards the posterior body region, connecting to the oviducts (
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<figureCitation id="179DA8F22910FFE15C5682B4FD9AF808" box="[544,632,1980,2006]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="10.[152,255,1312,1336]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1288]" captionTargetId="figure-25@10.[151,1436,181,1288]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 6. Pseudoceros bifascia sp. nov. Sagittal sections, anterior to the right (A) showing arrangement of reproductive structures; (B) male and female reproductive system (magnified); (C) section showing testes (ventral) and ovaries (dorsal). cg, cement glands; cp, cement pouch; ed, ejaculatory duct; fa, female atrium; fp, female gonopore; ma, male atrium; mp, male gonopore; ov, ovaries; ovd, oviduct; pd, prostatic duct; pp, penis papilla; pv, prostatic vesicle; sv, seminal vesicle; tst, testes; va, vagina." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11101961" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11101961/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="413">Fig. 6B</figureCitation>
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). Vagina opens to short female atrium via cement pouch, which receives the secretion from cement glands. Female atrium opens to the exterior via female gonopore (
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).
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(A) Holotype (live); (B) Holotype (in vivo); (C–F) preserved specimen; (C) dorsal surface (D) ventral surface; (E) cerebral eyes and pseudotentacles; (F) tentacular eyes on ventral side of pseudotentacles. ce, cerebral eyes; fp, female gonopore; m, mouth; mp, male gonopore; p, pharynx; pt, pseudotentacles; su, sucker; te, tentacular eyes.
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<emphasis id="BDD268652912FFE35EEE8028FEF9FAE6" bold="true" box="[152,283,1312,1336]" pageId="10" pageNumber="415">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="48A6CFF42912FFE35F558028FE1FFAE6" authority="Dixit & Sreeraj, 2024" authorityName="Dixit & Sreeraj" authorityYear="2024" box="[291,509,1312,1336]" family="Pseudocerotidae" genus="Pseudoceros" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="10" pageNumber="415" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="bifascia" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="BDD268652912FFE35F558028FE1FFAE6" box="[291,509,1312,1336]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="415">Pseudoceros bifascia</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="BDD268652912FFE35C708028FDBBFAE6" bold="true" box="[518,601,1312,1336]" pageId="10" pageNumber="415">
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A6E1D51E2912FFE35C708028FDBBFAE6" box="[518,601,1312,1336]" pageId="10" pageNumber="415" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</emphasis>
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Sagittal sections, anterior to the right (A) showing arrangement of reproductive structures; (B) male and female reproductive system (magnified); (C) section showing testes (ventral) and ovaries (dorsal). cg, cement glands; cp, cement pouch; ed, ejaculatory duct; fa, female atrium; fp, female gonopore; ma, male atrium; mp, male gonopore; ov, ovaries; ovd, oviduct; pd, prostatic duct; pp, penis papilla; pv, prostatic vesicle; sv, seminal vesicle; tst, testes; va, vagina.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<subSubSection id="C7BCE7FC2912FFE25EE18312FE84FE0F" lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="416" pageId="10" pageNumber="415" type="discussion">
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<paragraph id="8F19B4772912FFE35EE18312FE73F9EA" blockId="10.[151,401,1562,1588]" box="[151,401,1562,1588]" pageId="10" pageNumber="415">
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<heading id="D451031B2912FFE35EE18312FE73F9EA" bold="true" box="[151,401,1562,1588]" fontSize="11" level="1" pageId="10" pageNumber="415" reason="1">
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<emphasis id="BDD268652912FFE35EE18312FE73F9EA" bold="true" box="[151,401,1562,1588]" pageId="10" pageNumber="415">Taxonomic remarks</emphasis>
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</heading>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8F19B4772912FFE35EE1836AFE35F8D3" blockId="10.[151,1437,1634,2020]" pageId="10" pageNumber="415">
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The colour pattern of
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<taxonomicName id="48A6CFF42912FFE35FEC836AFD69F9A2" authority="Dixit & Sreeraj, 2024" authorityName="Dixit & Sreeraj" authorityYear="2024" box="[410,651,1634,1660]" family="Pseudocerotidae" genus="Pseudoceros" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="10" pageNumber="415" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="bifascia" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="BDD268652912FFE35FEC836AFD69F9A2" box="[410,651,1634,1660]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="415">Pseudoceros bifascia</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="BDD268652912FFE35CE3836AFD11F9A2" bold="true" box="[661,755,1634,1660]" pageId="10" pageNumber="415">
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A6E1D51E2912FFE35CE3836AFD11F9A2" box="[661,755,1634,1660]" pageId="10" pageNumber="415" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</emphasis>
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is distinct (white background with irregular black pattern; fluorescent longitudinal stripe and margins made up of interrupted orange band and white rim) thus, differentiating it from other congeners. However, three species, viz.
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<taxonomicName id="48A6CFF42912FFE35CA483A3FB46F91A" authority="Newman & Cannon, 1994" authorityName="Newman & Cannon" authorityYear="1994" box="[722,1188,1706,1733]" family="Pseudocerotidae" genus="Pseudoceros" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="10" pageNumber="415" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="scintillatus">
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||
<emphasis id="BDD268652912FFE35CA483A3FC95F91A" box="[722,887,1706,1732]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="415">Ps. scintillatus</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EB37C9862912FFE35D0B83A3FB46F91A" author="Newman, L. J. & Cannon, L. R. G." box="[893,1188,1706,1733]" pageId="10" pageNumber="415" pagination="205 - 266" refId="ref6482" refString="Newman, L. J. & Cannon, L. R. G. (1994) Pseudoceros and Pseudobiceros (Platyhelminthes, Polycladida, Pseudocertotidae) from eastern Australia and Papua New Guinea. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 37 (1), 205 - 266." type="journal article" year="1994">Newman & Cannon, 1994</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
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||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="48A6CFF42912FFE35AD983A3FEB2F936" authority="Newman & Cannon, 1998" authorityName="Newman & Cannon" authorityYear="1998" family="Pseudocerotidae" genus="Pseudoceros" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="10" pageNumber="415" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="scriptus">
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||
<emphasis id="BDD268652912FFE35AD983A3FAD3F91A" box="[1199,1329,1707,1732]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="415">Ps. scriptus</emphasis>
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||
<bibRefCitation id="EB37C9862912FFE35B4183A3FEB2F936" author="Newman, L. J. & Cannon, L. R. G." pageId="10" pageNumber="415" pagination="293 - 323" refId="ref6651" refString="Newman, L. J. & 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 & Cannon, 1998</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
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||
and
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||
<taxonomicName id="48A6CFF42912FFE35FF383C7FD4DF936" authority="(Leuckart, 1828)" baseAuthorityName="Leuckart" baseAuthorityYear="1828" box="[389,687,1742,1768]" family="Pseudocerotidae" genus="Pseudoceros" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="10" pageNumber="415" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="zebra">
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||
<emphasis id="BDD268652912FFE35FF383C7FE0FF936" box="[389,493,1742,1768]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="415">Ps. zebra</emphasis>
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||
(
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||
<bibRefCitation id="EB37C9862912FFE35F8D83C6FD45F936" author="Leuckart, F. S." box="[507,679,1742,1768]" pageId="10" pageNumber="415" pagination="12" refId="ref6330" refString="Leuckart, F. S. (1828) n. k. In: Ruppell, E. D. & Leuckart, F. S., Neue wirbellose Thiere des rothen Meers. Atlas zu der Reise im nordlichen Afrika, 1828, pp. 12." type="journal article" year="1828">Leuckart, 1828</bibRefCitation>
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)
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||
</taxonomicName>
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||
possess colours of orange/yellow, black and white but are different in arrangement and patterns.
|
||
</paragraph>
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||
<paragraph id="8F19B4772912FFE35EB1821EFD32F8A6" blockId="10.[151,1437,1634,2020]" pageId="10" pageNumber="415">
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||
<taxonomicName id="48A6CFF42912FFE35EB1821EFE35F8EE" authorityName="Newman & Cannon" authorityYear="1994" box="[199,471,1814,1840]" family="Pseudocerotidae" genus="Pseudoceros" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="10" pageNumber="415" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="scintillatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="BDD268652912FFE35EB1821EFE35F8EE" box="[199,471,1814,1840]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="415">Pseudoceros scintillatus</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has a velvety black background with irregularly sized yellow-green maculae encircled with white and has an orange marginal band while
|
||
<taxonomicName id="48A6CFF42912FFE35CAF8233FCBFF88A" authority="Dixit & Sreeraj, 2024" authorityName="Dixit & Sreeraj" authorityYear="2024" box="[729,861,1850,1876]" family="Pseudocerotidae" genus="Pseudoceros" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="10" pageNumber="415" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="bifascia" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="BDD268652912FFE35CAF8233FCBFF88A" box="[729,861,1850,1876]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="415">Ps. bifascia</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="BDD268652912FFE35D128232FC5DF88A" bold="true" box="[868,959,1850,1876]" pageId="10" pageNumber="415">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A6E1D51E2912FFE35D128232FC5DF88A" box="[868,959,1850,1876]" pageId="10" pageNumber="415" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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||
</emphasis>
|
||
has white background with an interrupted orange marginal band followed by wide white rim.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8F19B4772912FFE35EB1828AFE89F83A" blockId="10.[151,1437,1634,2020]" pageId="10" pageNumber="415">
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||
<taxonomicName id="48A6CFF42912FFE35EB1828AFE54F842" authorityName="Newman & Cannon" authorityYear="1998" box="[199,438,1922,1948]" family="Pseudocerotidae" genus="Pseudoceros" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="10" pageNumber="415" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="scriptus">
|
||
<emphasis id="BDD268652912FFE35EB1828AFE54F842" box="[199,438,1922,1948]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="415">Pseudoceros scriptus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has a cream-yellow background with black irregular maculae on the dorsum; white near the margin followed by an orange rim, but
|
||
<taxonomicName id="48A6CFF42912FFE35C0B82AFFCE3F81E" authority="Dixit & Sreeraj, 2024" authorityName="Dixit & Sreeraj" authorityYear="2024" box="[637,769,1958,1984]" family="Pseudocerotidae" genus="Pseudoceros" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="10" pageNumber="415" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="bifascia" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="BDD268652912FFE35C0B82AFFCE3F81E" box="[637,769,1958,1984]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="415">Ps. bifascia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="BDD268652912FFE35D7F82AEFC81F81E" bold="true" box="[777,867,1958,1984]" pageId="10" pageNumber="415">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A6E1D51E2912FFE35D7F82AEFC81F81E" box="[777,867,1958,1984]" pageId="10" pageNumber="415" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
has an interrupted orange marginal band followed by wide white rim.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8F19B4772913FFE25EB1859FFD1CFF27" blockId="11.[151,1437,151,465]" pageId="11" pageNumber="416">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="48A6CFF42913FFE25EB1859FFE79FF6F" baseAuthorityName="Leuckart" baseAuthorityYear="1828" box="[199,411,151,177]" family="Pseudocerotidae" genus="Pseudoceros" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="11" pageNumber="416" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="zebra">
|
||
<emphasis id="BDD268652913FFE25EB1859FFE79FF6F" box="[199,411,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="416">Pseudoceros zebra</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has a white background with irregular black bands or patches; wide yellow marginal band interrupted by white markings while
|
||
<taxonomicName id="48A6CFF42913FFE25C3585B3FD2BFF0B" authority="Dixit & Sreeraj, 2024" authorityName="Dixit & Sreeraj" authorityYear="2024" box="[579,713,187,213]" family="Pseudocerotidae" genus="Pseudoceros" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="11" pageNumber="416" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="bifascia" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="BDD268652913FFE25C3585B3FD2BFF0B" box="[579,713,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="416">Ps. bifascia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="BDD268652913FFE25CA585B3FCCDFF0B" bold="true" box="[723,815,187,213]" pageId="11" pageNumber="416">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A6E1D51E2913FFE25CA585B3FCCDFF0B" box="[723,815,187,213]" pageId="11" pageNumber="416" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
though have white background and black patches, its marginal band is orange followed by a wide white rim.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8F19B4772913FFE25EB1840BFE84FE0F" blockId="11.[151,1437,151,465]" pageId="11" pageNumber="416">
|
||
In addition, the newly described species features a simple male atrium as opposed to the folded male atrium of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="48A6CFF42913FFE25EE1842FFEDFFE9F" authorityName="Newman & Cannon" authorityYear="1994" box="[151,317,295,321]" family="Pseudocerotidae" genus="Pseudoceros" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="11" pageNumber="416" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="scintillatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="BDD268652913FFE25EE1842FFEDFFE9F" box="[151,317,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="416">Ps. scintillatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<emphasis id="BDD268652913FFE25F02842FFE1CFE9E" box="[372,510,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="416">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="48A6CFF42913FFE25F02842FFE18FE9E" authorityName="Newman & Cannon" authorityYear="1998" box="[372,506,295,320]" family="Pseudocerotidae" genus="Pseudoceros" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="11" pageNumber="416" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="scriptus">Ps. scriptus</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
A specimen comparable to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="48A6CFF42913FFE25D4E842FFC59FE9F" authority="Dixit & Sreeraj, 2024" authorityName="Dixit & Sreeraj" authorityYear="2024" box="[824,955,295,321]" family="Pseudocerotidae" genus="Pseudoceros" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="11" pageNumber="416" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="bifascia" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="BDD268652913FFE25D4E842FFC59FE9F" box="[824,955,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="416">Ps. bifascia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="BDD268652913FFE25DB5842FFBFFFE9F" bold="true" box="[963,1053,295,321]" pageId="11" pageNumber="416">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A6E1D51E2913FFE25DB5842FFBFFFE9F" box="[963,1053,295,321]" pageId="11" pageNumber="416" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
was photographed in the Red Sea (
|
||
<taxonomicName id="48A6CFF42913FFE25ED78443FEB6FEBB" box="[161,340,331,357]" family="Pseudocerotidae" genus="Pseudoceros" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="11" pageNumber="416" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="undetermined">
|
||
<emphasis id="BDD268652913FFE25ED78443FECDFEBB" box="[161,303,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="416">Pseudoceros</emphasis>
|
||
sp.
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
19,
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EB37C9862913FFE25FF48443FD7DFEBB" author="Newman, L. J. & Cannon, L. R. G." box="[386,671,331,357]" pageId="11" pageNumber="416" refId="ref6705" refString="Newman, L. J. & Cannon, L. R. G. (2003) Marine Flatworms. The World of Polyclads. CSIRO Publishing, Clayton, 97 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / 9780643101197" type="book" year="2003">Newman & Cannon 2003</bibRefCitation>
|
||
, Pg. 80 & 2005) and there has been no record of any similar specimen in literature or in any websites after then. This species was considered rare by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EB37C9862913FFE25A758467FACCFE57" author="Newman, L. J. & Cannon, L. R. G." box="[1027,1326,367,393]" pageId="11" pageNumber="416" refId="ref6705" refString="Newman, L. J. & Cannon, L. R. G. (2003) Marine Flatworms. The World of Polyclads. CSIRO Publishing, Clayton, 97 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / 9780643101197" type="book" year="2003">Newman & Cannon (2003</bibRefCitation>
|
||
, pg. 80 & 2005). Thus, in light of the above-mentioned characters and comparisons, we describe
|
||
<taxonomicName id="48A6CFF42913FFE25A2A849BFAA8FE73" authorityName="Dixit & Sreeraj" authorityYear="2024" box="[1116,1354,403,429]" family="Pseudocerotidae" genus="Pseudoceros" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="11" pageNumber="416" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="bifascia">
|
||
<emphasis id="BDD268652913FFE25A2A849BFAA8FE73" box="[1116,1354,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="416">Pseudoceros bifascia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
as new species to science.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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