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Published: 2012-04-18
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Designation of a lectotype for Pseudoceros kylie Newman & Cannon, 1998 (Platyhelminthes, Polycladida, Pseudocerotidae)

Biodiversity Program, Queensland Museum, P.O. Box 3300, South Brisbane, 4101, Queensland, Australia
Biodiversity Program, Queensland Museum, P.O. Box 3300, South Brisbane, 4101, Queensland, Australia
Platyhelminthes Polycladida Pseudocerotidae

Abstract

Recently, we have been examining the literature relevant to Australian “Turbellaria” (Phylum Platyhelminthes) and have noticed that there was an omission in the paper of Newman & Cannon (1998).  In this work, Newman & Cannon proposed several new species of Pseudoceros Lang, 1884.  There appears to have been an oversight in the typification of one species, Pseudoceros kylie Newman & Cannon, 1998, in that no types were officially designated.  Here we recommend new types, which we propose to designate as lectotype and paralectotypes, based on the material examined by Newman & Cannon in their description.  All of this material is deposited currently in the Queensland Museum, Australia.

References

  1. Newman, L.J. & Cannon, L.R.G. (1998) Pseudoceros (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida) from the Indo-Pacific with twelve new species from Australia and Papua New Guinea. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 46, 293–323.