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Dixit
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specimen was collected.
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). Three longitudinal stripes runs throughout the dorsal surface. Median stripe is thin without any branches while lateral stripes are branches towards the margin. These stripes are white in centre and light brown at most extremities with bulging ends. Pseudotentacles are simple folding of the anterior margin and black in colour. Cerebral eye cluster horseshoe shaped (
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).
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Description:
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</emphasis>
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Body small, oval and margin without ruffles. Background body colour brown to black. Numerous small white spots present all over dorsal surface except on the three stripes. Marginal band thick and black with minute white spots present at very edge of the margin (
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). These small white dots are very close which gives a very thin white rim like appearance. Dorsal surface patterned with three longitudinal stripes and its branches. Median stripe thin and without any branches, lateral stripes branched radiating towards margins. Lateral stripes are white in centre and light brown at most extremities with bulging ends. Some small bulged and incomplete stripes starting from margins towards median area ends abruptly before touching any stripe of either side. Pseudotentacles small and black. Cerebral eye cluster horseshoe shaped (
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), tentacular eyes hard to locate due to black colour of pseudotentacles. Ventral surface brown in colour.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BB136C8FF9AFFF2FF7DF98EFB77F951" blockId="5.[151,1437,845,2044]" pageId="5" pageNumber="251">
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<emphasis id="B97AEADAFF9AFFF2FF7DF98EFEA3F9E7" bold="true" box="[199,313,1555,1582]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="251">Preserved</emphasis>
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. Specimen brown in colour after fixation. Ventrally dull brown in colour.
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and female pore are
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apart, while female pore and sucker are
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apart (
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). Pharynx ruffled with seven folds and male pore is situated very near to last pair of pharyngeal folds (
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<figureCitation id="13352A4DFF9AFFF2FC9DF9C7FCE3F9BC" box="[807,889,1626,1653]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1975,2000]" captionTargetBox="[161,1426,166,1955]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[161,1426,166,1955]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 3. a—Pseudoceros agattiensis sp.nov. (in-situ) from Agatti Island (Holotype: IO/IT/POY/00005); b—cerebral eyes (preserved specimen); c—ventral surface (preserved specimen); d—live specimen (ex-situ). Scales—b: 250 μm; c: 750 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3769122" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3769122/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="251">Fig. 3c</figureCitation>
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). Pharynx is
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long (measured externally) and distance between mouth and male pore is
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. Cerebral eye cluster with about 50 -55 eyes.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BB136C8FF9AFFF2FF7DF93CFEB7F835" blockId="5.[151,1437,845,2044]" pageId="5" pageNumber="251">
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<emphasis id="B97AEADAFF9AFFF2FF7DF93CFE54F975" bold="true" box="[199,462,1697,1724]" pageId="5" pageNumber="251">Reproductive system:</emphasis>
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<collectingRegion id="49CAF82AFF9AFFF2FE63F93CFD89F972" box="[473,531,1697,1723]" country="Maldives" name="Maale" pageId="5" pageNumber="251">Male</collectingRegion>
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copulatory apparatus consists of seminal vesicle, free prostatic vesicle, penis papilla, penis stylet housed in male atrium which open outside via male pore. A large, elongated and thick walled seminal vesicle (574 x
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) is present (
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). Its rounded part oriented towards prostatic vesicles while tapered part is oriented towards cement glands. An oblong and thick walled prostatic vesicle (187 x
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<quantity id="4CF69B2DFF9AFFF2FB48F891FAA6F8EF" box="[1266,1340,1804,1830]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.1" pageId="5" pageNumber="251" unit="mm" value="91.0">91 µm</quantity>
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) is present anterior of seminal vesicle (
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<figureCitation id="13352A4DFF9AFFF2FE4CF8B2FDD0F883" box="[502,586,1839,1866]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1977,2002]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,211,1925]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[151,1436,211,1925]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 4. Pseudoceros agattiensis sp. nov. (Holotype: IO/IT/POY/00005); a —sagittal section; b, c, d—male reproductive system; e—female reproductive system." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3769124" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3769124/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="251">Fig. 4b</figureCitation>
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). Thickness of prostatic vesicle’s wall varies from
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<quantity id="4CF69B2DFF9AFFF2FBC4F8B2FA92F883" box="[1150,1288,1838,1866]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.25" metricValueMax="1.5" metricValueMin="1.0" pageId="5" pageNumber="251" unit="mm" value="12.5" valueMax="15.0" valueMin="10.0">10 to 15 µm</quantity>
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.
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atrium conical (
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) housing conical penis papilla (
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<quantity id="4CF69B2DFF9AFFF2FD09F8CEFC97F8A4" box="[691,781,1875,1901]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.7" pageId="5" pageNumber="251" unit="mm" value="170.0">170 µm</quantity>
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) with a short stylet (
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||
<quantity id="4CF69B2DFF9AFFF2FC42F8CEFBDCF8A4" box="[1016,1094,1875,1901]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.7" pageId="5" pageNumber="251" unit="mm" value="87.0">87 µm</quantity>
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). The ejaculatory duct and the prostatic duct joins before entering the penis papilla (
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||
<figureCitation id="13352A4DFF9AFFF2FD43F8EBFCD5F858" box="[761,847,1910,1937]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1977,2002]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,211,1925]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[151,1436,211,1925]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 4. Pseudoceros agattiensis sp. nov. (Holotype: IO/IT/POY/00005); a —sagittal section; b, c, d—male reproductive system; e—female reproductive system." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3769124" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3769124/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="251">Fig. 4b</figureCitation>
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).
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<collectingRegion id="49CAF82AFF9AFFF2FCDFF8EBFC05F859" box="[869,927,1910,1936]" country="Maldives" name="Maale" pageId="5" pageNumber="251">Male</collectingRegion>
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atrium opens to exterior via male gonopore. Female copulatory apparatus consists of oviducts, vagina, cement pouch surrounded by numerous cement glands and female atrium. The vagina opens to a short female atrium via cement pouch which receives secretion from cement glands.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="DF716640FF99FFF1FF2DF82AFAE1F83D" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3769122" ID-Zenodo-Dep="3769122" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3769122/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="252" startId="6.[151,250,1975,2000]" targetBox="[161,1426,166,1955]" targetPageId="6">
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<paragraph id="8BB136C8FF99FFF1FF2DF82AFAE1F83D" blockId="6.[151,1436,1975,2036]" pageId="6" pageNumber="252">
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<emphasis id="B97AEADAFF99FFF1FF2DF82AFE8EF819" bold="true" box="[151,276,1975,2000]" pageId="6" pageNumber="252">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
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a—
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D4BFF99FFF1FEFAF82AFDACF806" authority="Dixit & Bayyana & Manjebrayakath & Saravanane & Sudhakar, 2019" authorityName="Dixit & Bayyana & Manjebrayakath & Saravanane & Sudhakar" authorityYear="2019" box="[320,566,1975,1999]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Pseudoceritidae" genus="Pseudoceros" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="6" pageNumber="252" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="agattiensis" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="B97AEADAFF99FFF1FEFAF82AFDACF806" box="[320,566,1975,1999]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="252">Pseudoceros agattiensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B97AEADAFF99FFF1FD87F825FD12F819" bold="true" box="[573,648,1976,2000]" pageId="6" pageNumber="252">
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24957A1FF99FFF1FD87F825FD12F819" box="[573,648,1976,2000]" pageId="6" pageNumber="252" rank="species">sp.nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</emphasis>
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(
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||
<emphasis id="B97AEADAFF99FFF1FD2DF825FD7BF806" box="[663,737,1976,1999]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="252">in-situ)</emphasis>
|
||
from Agatti Island (Holotype: IO/IT/POY/00005); b—cerebral eyes (preserved specimen); c—ventral surface (preserved specimen); d—live specimen (
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||
<emphasis id="B97AEADAFF99FFF1FC5CF841FBA8F83A" box="[998,1074,2012,2035]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="252">ex-situ)</emphasis>
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||
. Scales—b: 250 μm; c: 750 μm.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
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<paragraph id="8BB136C8FF98FFF0FF2DF824FDB5F83F" blockId="7.[151,1436,1977,2038]" pageId="7" pageNumber="253">
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<emphasis id="B97AEADAFF98FFF0FF2DF824FE8EF81B" bold="true" box="[151,276,1977,2002]" pageId="7" pageNumber="253">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
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||
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D4BFF98FFF0FEA1F827FD8BF81B" authority="Dixit & Bayyana & Manjebrayakath & Saravanane & Sudhakar, 2019" authorityName="Dixit & Bayyana & Manjebrayakath & Saravanane & Sudhakar" authorityYear="2019" box="[283,529,1978,2002]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Pseudoceritidae" genus="Pseudoceros" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="7" pageNumber="253" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="agattiensis" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="B97AEADAFF98FFF0FEA1F827FD8BF81B" box="[283,529,1978,2002]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="253">Pseudoceros agattiensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B97AEADAFF98FFF0FDA2F827FDF0F81B" bold="true" box="[536,618,1978,2002]" pageId="7" pageNumber="253">
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24957A1FF98FFF0FDA2F827FDF0F81B" box="[536,618,1978,2002]" pageId="7" pageNumber="253" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</emphasis>
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(Holotype: IO/IT/POY/00005); a —sagittal section; b, c, d—male reproductive system; e—female reproductive system.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
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<paragraph id="8BB136C8FF97FFFFFF2DFAFEFEFEFA68" blockId="8.[151,1436,1379,1441]" pageId="8" pageNumber="254">
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<emphasis id="B97AEADAFF97FFFFFF2DFAFEFE82FAB5" bold="true" box="[151,280,1379,1404]" pageId="8" pageNumber="254">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D4BFF97FFFFFEA7FAF9FD8BFAB5" authority="Dixit & Bayyana & Manjebrayakath & Saravanane & Sudhakar, 2019" authorityName="Dixit & Bayyana & Manjebrayakath & Saravanane & Sudhakar" authorityYear="2019" box="[285,529,1380,1404]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Pseudoceritidae" genus="Pseudoceros" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="8" pageNumber="254" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="agattiensis" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="B97AEADAFF97FFFFFEA7FAF9FD8BFAB5" box="[285,529,1380,1404]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="254">Pseudoceros agattiensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B97AEADAFF97FFFFFDADFAF9FDFDFAB5" bold="true" box="[535,615,1380,1404]" pageId="8" pageNumber="254">
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24957A1FF97FFFFFDADFAF9FDFDFAB5" box="[535,615,1380,1404]" pageId="8" pageNumber="254" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</emphasis>
|
||
(Holotype: IO/IT/POY/00005); Diagrammatic reconstruction of male and female reproductive system
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BB136C8FF97FFFEFF7DFA6FFC03FE66" blockId="8.[151,1437,1522,2017]" lastBlockId="9.[151,1437,153,431]" lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="255" pageId="8" pageNumber="254">
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<emphasis id="B97AEADAFF97FFFFFF7DFA6FFE5BF9C4" bold="true" box="[199,449,1522,1549]" pageId="8" pageNumber="254">Taxonomic remarks:</emphasis>
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||
Presence of ruffled pharynx, male copulatory apparatus just behind pharyngeal cavity, free prostatic vesicle, marginal tentacles formed by upfolding of anterior margin, centrally located sucker behind female pore (
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||
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B39FF97FFFFFE94F9A7FE27F99C" author="Faubel, A." box="[302,445,1594,1621]" pageId="8" pageNumber="254" pagination="189 - 259" refId="ref5800" refString="Faubel, A. (1984) The Polycladida, Turbellaria. Proposal and establishment of a new system. Part II. The Cotylea. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut, 81, 189 - 259." type="journal article" year="1984">Faubel 1984</bibRefCitation>
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) places
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||
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D4BFF97FFFFFDA7F9A7FCB6F99D" authority="Dixit & Bayyana & Manjebrayakath & Saravanane & Sudhakar, 2019" authorityName="Dixit & Bayyana & Manjebrayakath & Saravanane & Sudhakar" authorityYear="2019" box="[541,812,1594,1620]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Pseudoceritidae" genus="Pseudoceros" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="8" pageNumber="254" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="agattiensis" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="B97AEADAFF97FFFFFDA7F9A7FCB6F99D" box="[541,812,1594,1620]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="254">Pseudoceros agattiensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B97AEADAFF97FFFFFC8FF9A6FC0AF99C" bold="true" box="[821,912,1595,1621]" pageId="8" pageNumber="254">
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24957A1FF97FFFFFC8FF9A6FC0AF99C" box="[821,912,1595,1621]" pageId="8" pageNumber="254" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</emphasis>
|
||
in the family
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D4BFF97FFFFFB89F9A7FB71F99D" authorityName="Lang" authorityYear="1884" box="[1075,1259,1594,1620]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Pseudocerotidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="8" pageNumber="254" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="family">Pseudocerotidae</taxonomicName>
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||
while presence of characters such as smooth dorsal surface, single male copulatory apparatus with seminal vesicle (
|
||
<figureCitation id="13352A4DFF97FFFFFAABF9C3FAF9F9B0" box="[1297,1379,1630,1657]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1977,2002]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,211,1925]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[151,1436,211,1925]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 4. Pseudoceros agattiensis sp. nov. (Holotype: IO/IT/POY/00005); a —sagittal section; b, c, d—male reproductive system; e—female reproductive system." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3769124" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3769124/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="254">Fig. 4a</figureCitation>
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||
) and armed penis papilla, pseudotenctacles as simple folds of anterior margin, female pore equidistant from male pore and sucker (
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<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B39FF97FFFFFEA7F93BFE36F908" author="Faubel, A." box="[285,428,1702,1729]" pageId="8" pageNumber="254" pagination="189 - 259" refId="ref5800" refString="Faubel, A. (1984) The Polycladida, Turbellaria. Proposal and establishment of a new system. Part II. The Cotylea. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut, 81, 189 - 259." type="journal article" year="1984">Faubel 1984</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B39FF97FFFFFE0DF93AFD72F908" author="Newman, L. J. & Cannon, L. R. G." box="[439,744,1702,1729]" pageId="8" pageNumber="254" pagination="293 - 323" refId="ref6216" 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 and Cannon 1998</bibRefCitation>
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) place this newly described species in the genus
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<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D4BFF97FFFFFABDF93BFA0FF909" authorityName="Lang" authorityYear="1884" box="[1287,1429,1702,1728]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Pseudoceritidae" genus="Pseudoceros" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="8" pageNumber="254" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B97AEADAFF97FFFFFABDF93BFA0FF909" box="[1287,1429,1702,1728]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="254">Pseudoceros</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. There are only few species in genus
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<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D4BFF97FFFFFD91F957FD23F92D" authorityName="Lang" authorityYear="1884" box="[555,697,1738,1764]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Pseudoceritidae" genus="Pseudoceros" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="8" pageNumber="254" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B97AEADAFF97FFFFFD91F957FD23F92D" box="[555,697,1738,1764]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="254">Pseudoceros</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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which displays transverse streaks on dorsum namely
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<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D4BFF97FFFFFAB4F957FD9AF8C0" authority="Neman and Cannon, 1994" authorityName="Neman and Cannon" authorityYear="1994" class="Rhabditophora" family="Pseudoceritidae" genus="Pseudoceros" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="8" pageNumber="254" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="felis">
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<emphasis id="B97AEADAFF97FFFFFAB4F957FF5CF8C1" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="254">Pseudoceros felis</emphasis>
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Neman and Cannon, 1994
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D4BFF97FFFFFDA8F973FB2CF8C0" authority="Cuadrado, Moro and Norena, 2017" authorityName="Cuadrado, Moro and Norena" authorityYear="2017" box="[530,1206,1774,1801]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Pseudoceritidae" genus="Pseudoceros" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="8" pageNumber="254" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="mororum">
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<emphasis id="B97AEADAFF97FFFFFDA8F973FC8BF8C1" box="[530,785,1774,1800]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="254">Pseudoceros mororum</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B39FF97FFFFFCA6F973FB2CF8C0" author="Cuadrado, D. & Moro, L. & Norena, C." box="[796,1206,1774,1801]" pageId="8" pageNumber="254" pagination="1" refId="ref5365" refString="Cuadrado, D., Moro, L. & Norena, C. (2017) The Polycladida (Platyhelminthes) of the Canary Islands. New genus, species and records. Zootaxa, 4312 (1), 038 - 068. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4312.1.2" type="journal article" year="2017">Cuadrado, Moro and Norena, 2017</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
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;
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<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D4BFF97FFFFFB7FF973FECDF8E4" authority="(Leuckart, 1828)" baseAuthorityName="Leuckart" baseAuthorityYear="1828" class="Rhabditophora" family="Pseudoceritidae" genus="Pseudoceros" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="8" pageNumber="254" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="zebra">
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<emphasis id="B97AEADAFF97FFFFFB7FF973FA06F8C1" box="[1221,1436,1774,1800]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="254">Pseudoceros zebra</emphasis>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B39FF97FFFFFF25F88FFED5F8E4" author="Leuckart, F. S." box="[159,335,1810,1837]" pageId="8" pageNumber="254" pagination="15" refId="ref5981" refString="Leuckart, F. S. (1828) Breves animalium quorundum maxima ex parte marinorum descriptiones. Heidelberg, 24, 15." type="journal article" year="1828">Leuckart, 1828</bibRefCitation>
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)
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</taxonomicName>
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;
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<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D4BFF97FFFFFEDEF88FFE68F8E5" authorityName="Lang" authorityYear="1884" box="[356,498,1810,1836]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Pseudoceritidae" genus="Pseudoceros" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="8" pageNumber="254" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B97AEADAFF97FFFFFEDEF88FFE68F8E5" box="[356,498,1810,1836]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="254">Pseudoceros</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. 14 (see Neman and Cannon 2003; pg 79);
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<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D4BFF97FFFFFBBEF88FFB08F8E5" authorityName="Lang" authorityYear="1884" box="[1028,1170,1810,1836]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Pseudoceritidae" genus="Pseudoceros" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="8" pageNumber="254" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B97AEADAFF97FFFFFBBEF88FFB08F8E5" box="[1028,1170,1810,1836]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="254">Pseudoceros</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. 24 (see Neman and Cannon 2005) and
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<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D4BFF97FFFFFECBF8ABFE65F899" authorityName="Lang" authorityYear="1884" box="[369,511,1846,1872]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Pseudoceritidae" genus="Pseudoceros" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="8" pageNumber="254" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="B97AEADAFF97FFFFFECBF8ABFE65F899" box="[369,511,1846,1872]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="254">Pseudoceros</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. 42 (see Neman and Cannon 2005).
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<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D4BFF97FFFFFC7EF8ABFB13F899" authorityName="Neman and Cannon" authorityYear="1994" box="[964,1161,1846,1872]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Pseudoceritidae" genus="Pseudoceros" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="8" pageNumber="254" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="felis">
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||
<emphasis id="B97AEADAFF97FFFFFC7EF8ABFB13F899" box="[964,1161,1846,1872]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="254">Pseudoceros felis</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
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||
is grey brown in colour with white to cream transverse streaks and spots which clearly differentiate it from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D4BFF97FFFFFB95F8C7FAA6F8BD" authority="Dixit & Bayyana & Manjebrayakath & Saravanane & Sudhakar, 2019" authorityName="Dixit & Bayyana & Manjebrayakath & Saravanane & Sudhakar" authorityYear="2019" box="[1071,1340,1882,1908]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Pseudoceritidae" genus="Pseudoceros" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="8" pageNumber="254" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="agattiensis" status="sp. nov.">
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||
<emphasis id="B97AEADAFF97FFFFFB95F8C7FAA6F8BD" box="[1071,1340,1882,1908]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="254">Pseudoceros agattiensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24957A1FF97FFFFFAF8F8C6FA06F8BC" box="[1346,1436,1883,1909]" pageId="8" pageNumber="254" rank="species">
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<emphasis id="B97AEADAFF97FFFFFAF8F8C6FA0CF8BC" bold="true" box="[1346,1430,1883,1909]" pageId="8" pageNumber="254">sp. nov</emphasis>
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.
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</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D4BFF97FFFFFF2DF8E3FEF1F851" baseAuthorityName="Leuckart" baseAuthorityYear="1828" box="[151,363,1918,1944]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Pseudoceritidae" genus="Pseudoceros" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="8" pageNumber="254" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="zebra">
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<emphasis id="B97AEADAFF97FFFFFF2DF8E3FEF1F851" box="[151,363,1918,1944]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="254">Pseudoceros zebra</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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have white streaks with black markings and yellow marginal band which differentiates it with newly described species.
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||
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D4BFF97FFFFFE0DF83FFDDFF875" authorityName="Lang" authorityYear="1884" box="[439,581,1954,1980]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Pseudoceritidae" genus="Pseudoceros" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="8" pageNumber="254" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="B97AEADAFF97FFFFFE0DF83FFDDFF875" box="[439,581,1954,1980]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="254">Pseudoceros</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
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||
sp. 14 is the fairly closest example we could find from the genus
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D4BFF97FFFFFA8EF83FFF5CF829" authorityName="Lang" authorityYear="1884" class="Rhabditophora" family="Pseudoceritidae" genus="Pseudoceros" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="8" pageNumber="254" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97AEADAFF97FFFFFA8EF83FFF5CF829" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="254">Pseudoceros</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in terms of colour and streaks, however no information is known about ventral surface or number of pores, so further comparison would be unclear and vague.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D4BFF96FFFEFD03FF04FC5CFF7A" authority="Dixit & Bayyana & Manjebrayakath & Saravanane & Sudhakar, 2019" authorityName="Dixit & Bayyana & Manjebrayakath & Saravanane & Sudhakar" authorityYear="2019" box="[697,966,153,179]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Pseudoceritidae" genus="Pseudoceros" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="9" pageNumber="255" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="agattiensis" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97AEADAFF96FFFEFD03FF04FC5CFF7A" box="[697,966,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="255">Pseudoceros agattiensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="B97AEADAFF96FFFEFC76FF04FBBFFF7A" bold="true" box="[972,1061,153,179]" pageId="9" pageNumber="255">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24957A1FF96FFFEFC76FF04FBBFFF7A" box="[972,1061,153,179]" pageId="9" pageNumber="255" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
can be readily distinguished from other congeners in terms of colour, arrangement and patterns of transverse streaks. The newly described species is a perfect example for importance of careful observation of colours and patterns especially among pseudocerotids. If not observed carefully, the newly described species can easily be confused with juvenile of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D4BFF96FFFEFB36FE98FA0FFED6" box="[1164,1429,261,287]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Pseudocerotidae" genus="Pseudobiceors" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="9" pageNumber="255" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="bedfordi">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97AEADAFF96FFFEFB36FE98FA0FFED6" box="[1164,1429,261,287]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="255">Pseudobiceors bedfordi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. A similar looking juvenile was photographed by Scott Johnson in
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F3197658FF96FFFEFC33FEB4FBDEFE8A" box="[905,1092,297,323]" name="Marshall Islands" pageId="9" pageNumber="255">Marshall Islands</collectingCountry>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B39FF96FFFEFBEEFEB4FA0BFE8A" author="Newman, L. J. & Cannon, L. R. G." box="[1108,1425,296,323]" pageId="9" pageNumber="255" refId="ref6314" refString="Newman, L. J. & Cannon, L. R. G. (2005) Fabulous Flatworms: a guide to marine polyclads. Version 1. ABRS & CSIROPublishing: Clayton, CD-ROM." type="book" year="2005">Newman and Cannon 2005</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). Both species at first instance looks quite similar and can only be differentiated by careful examination of external characters (number of male pores) and colour patterns. Based on above mentioned characters and comparisons, we establish
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D4BFF96FFFEFEBAFE08FD94FE66" authority="Dixit & Bayyana & Manjebrayakath & Saravanane & Sudhakar, 2019" authorityName="Dixit & Bayyana & Manjebrayakath & Saravanane & Sudhakar" authorityYear="2019" box="[256,526,405,431]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Pseudoceritidae" genus="Pseudoceros" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="9" pageNumber="255" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="agattiensis" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97AEADAFF96FFFEFEBAFE08FD94FE66" box="[256,526,405,431]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="255">Pseudoceros agattiensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="B97AEADAFF96FFFEFDACFE08FDF5FE66" bold="true" box="[534,623,405,431]" pageId="9" pageNumber="255">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24957A1FF96FFFEFDACFE08FDF5FE66" box="[534,623,405,431]" pageId="9" pageNumber="255" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
as new species to science.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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