Pericelis

Pericelis

Taxonavigation

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

Pericelis Laidlaw, 1902

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

References

• 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

Links

• Pericelis in the World Register of Marine Species