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Prostheceraeus moseleyi Lang 1884

  • 1. Departmento de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), c / José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
  • 2. Marine Invertebrates Department, Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, 1 William Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia.
  • 3. Servicio de Biodiversidad, Gobierno de Canarias, Edif. Usos Múltiples I, Av. Anaga n ° 35, Pl. 11, 38071 S / C de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
  • 4. Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain.

Description

Prostheceraeus moseleyi Lang, 1884

Figs 1A, 7C

Material examined

AZORES • 1 spec.; São Miguel Island; 37°44′59.23″ N, 25°37′12.12″ W (Fig. 1A 1); 22 Jul. 2001; Leopoldo Moro leg.; RCCN.

Distribution

Tyrrhenian Sea (Lang 1884); Ria de Arosa, Spain (Noreña et al. 2015). This species has also been cited by DORIS (Données d’Observations pour la Reconnaissance et l’Identification de la faune et la flore Subaquatiques) for the English Channel and the North Sea, from the south of the United Kingdom to the Bay of Biscay (Spain) (http://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Prostheceraeus-moseleyi-Planaire-tachetee-716).

New record

S„o Miguel Island, Azores.

Remarks

The specimen collected in the Azores presents similar coloration to the specimen photographed by Wirtz & Debelius (2003) and determined as Euryleptidae sp.

Notes

Published as part of Cuadrado, Daniel, Rodríguez, Jorge, Moro, Leopoldo, Grande, Cristina & Noreña, Carolina, 2021, Polycladida (Platyhelminthes, Rhabditophora) from Cape Verde and related regions of Macaronesia, pp. 1-43 in European Journal of Taxonomy 736 on page 27, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.736.1249, http://zenodo.org/record/4561525

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
RCCN
Event date
2001-07-22
Family
Euryleptidae
Genus
Prostheceraeus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Polycladida
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Scientific name authorship
Lang
Species
moseleyi
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2001-07-22
Taxonomic concept label
Prostheceraeus moseleyi Lang, 1884 sec. Cuadrado, Rodríguez, Moro, Grande & Noreña, 2021

References

  • Lang A. 1884. Die Polycladen (Seeplanarien) des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeresabschnitte. Eine Monographie. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel 11. Engelmann, Leipzig. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 10545
  • Norena C., Rodriguez J., Perez J. & Almon B. 2015. New Acotylea (Polycladida, Platyhelminthes) from the east coast of the North Atlantic Ocean with special mention of the Iberian littoral. Zootaxa 4039: 157 - 172. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4039.1.7
  • Wirtz P. & Debelius H. 2003. Mediterranean and Atlantic Invertebrate Guide. ConchBooks, Hackenheim.