species: Pseudobiceros gratus in taxonomy (Gaia Guide)
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Pseudobiceros gratus


©Barbara Banks: Pseudobiceros gratus at Lizard Island

©Mike Bok: Pseudobiceros gratus from Lizard Island (aquarium photo).

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Platyhelminthes
Class Turbellaria
Order Polycladida
Family Pseudocerotidae
Genus Pseudobiceros
Species Pseudobiceros gratus

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Synonyms

Comments

Edgar (2019) records this species as Pseudobiceros strigosus and notes that it is incorrectly known as Pseudobiceros gratus. WORMS (accessed 9 Nov 2019) records P. strigosus as a synonym of P. gratus so we're leaving it under that name until further information becomes available.

by Anne Hoggett

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References

References that assist with identification

  • Edgar, G. (2019). Tropical Marine Life of Australia New Holland Publishers, London.
  • Newman, L.J. and L.R.G. Cannon (2003). Marine flatworms: The world of polyclads CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Vic.

Other references

  • Newman, L.J. and L.R.G. Cannon (1997). Nine new species of Pseudobiceros (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida) from the Indo-Pacific, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 45(2): 341-368. LIRS catalog number 703.