Published December 31, 2016 | Version v1
Taxonomic treatment Open

Pseudobiceros schmardae Faubel 1984

Description

Pseudobiceros schmardae Faubel, 1984

Taxonomic remarks. The name was created to resolve confusion that resulted from the original description of Prosthecereus latissimus (Schmarda 1859). Drawings of the type material show that two different animals were described under the same name; one clearly refers to Prosthecereus (Stummer-Traunfels 1933, fig. 103a) as it was illustrated by Schmarda (1859, p. 32); and the other animal with two male gonopores (fig. 103b) shows characteristics typical for Pseudobiceros. The species was entirely put under Pseudoceros and the variation of number of gonopores was considered a plastic character (Stummer-Traunfels 1933, Marcus 1950). With the creation of the genus Pseudobiceros, Faubel (1984) created the new name to encompass the flatworm described by Schmarda and illustrated with two male gonopores. The species was not considered in Newman & Cannon’s (1994, 1997) revisions. However, we support it is a valid species (Table 1).

Notes

Published as part of Bahia, Juliana & Schrödl, Michael, 2016, Pseudobiceros wirtzi sp. nov. (Polycladida: Cotylea) from Senegal with revision of valid species of the genus, pp. 101-117 in Zootaxa 4097 (1) on page 104, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4097.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/267125

Files

Files (1.4 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:3b30c97aa6e633c72f7776715d145f29
1.4 kB Download

System files (8.5 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:e06d2c06df2e51b4b52e630544dbbcec
8.5 kB Download

Linked records

Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Faubel
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Order
Polycladida
Family
Pseudocerotidae
Genus
Pseudobiceros
Species
schmardae
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Pseudobiceros schmardae Faubel, 1984 sec. Bahia & Schrödl, 2016

References

  • 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.
  • Schmarda, L. K. (1859) Neue Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden beobachtet und gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erde 1853 bis 1857. In: Neue Wirbellose Thiere I. 1 - 66, 15 pl.
  • Stummer-Traunfels, R. (1933) Polycladida (continued). In: Bronn, H. G. (Ed.), Klassen und Ordnungen des Tier-Reichs IV. (Vermes). (Leipzig). pp. 3485 - 3596.
  • Marcus, E. (1950) Turbellaria brasileiros (8). Boletim da Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciencias e Letras da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Zoologia, 15, 69 - 190.