Pericelis

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Cotylea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Platyzoa
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Subphylum: Rhabditophora
Ordo: Polycladida
Subordo: Cotylea

Familia: Diposthidae
Genus: Pericelis
Species (8): P. beyerleyana – P. cata – P. flavomarginata – P. hymanae – P. nazahui – P. orbicularia – P. sigmeri – P. tectivorum

Name

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Pericelis Laidlaw, 1902

  • Original status: valid genus
  • Type species: Typhlolepta byerleyana Collingwood, 1876
    • Fixation: original designation [p. 289] [and monotypy]

References

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  • Collingwood, C. 1876: On thirty-one species of marine planarians, collected partly by the late Dr. Kelaart, F.L.S., at Tricomalee, and partly by Dr. Collingwood, F.L.S., in the eastern seas. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (2), 1: 83–98, plates XVII-XIX. BHL
  • Dittmann, I.L., Dibiasi, W., Noreña, C. & Egger, B. 2019. Description of the snail-eating flatworm in marine aquaria, Pericelis tectivorum sp. nov. (Polycladida, Platyhelminthes). Zootaxa 4565(3): 383–397. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4565.3.5   pdf Reference page
  • Laidlaw, F.F. 1902: The marine Turbellaria, with an account of the anatomy of some of the species. Pp. 282-312, plates XIV-XV in: Gardiner, J.S. (ed.) The fauna and geography of the Maldive and Laccadive archipelagoes: being the account of the work carried on and of the collections made by an expedition during the years 1899 and 1900, 1 (3). Cambridge: University Press. BHL
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