Phrikoceros mopsus ( Marcus, 1952 ) Quiroga 2008

Noreña, Carolina, 2017, The Polycladida (Platyhelminthes) of the Canary Islands. New genus, species and records, Zootaxa 4312 (1) : -

Phrikoceros mopsus ( Marcus, 1952) Quiroga 2008

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Pseudoceros mopsus Marcus, 1952 , page 5, 91, 116.

Type locality. San Sebastián Island , Brazil ( Marcus, 1952).

Distribution. Curaçao ( Marcus & Marcus, 1968); Bay of Gaira, Colombia ( Quiroga 2008); Peninsula Valdés and Puerto Madryn, Argentina ( Brusa et al. 2009); Mar del Plata, Argentina ( Bulnes et al. 2011); Nicobar Island, India ( Sreeraj & Raghunathan 2015); Canary Archipelago: this is the first citation of P. mopsus for the Canary Islands, the eastern Atlantic coast and the Temperate Northern Atlantic marine ecoregion ( Spalding et al. 2007).

Ocurence in the Canary Island. Phrikoceros mopsus was observed at depths of 1–5 metres.

Taxonomic remarks. Phrikoceros mopsus is characterized by its cryptic colouration, brown pigmentation with multiple white dots and oval patches over the dorsal surface.

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FIGURE 11. Species located in the Canary archipelago, in vivo. A. Eurylepta guayota n. sp. B. Prostheceraeus giesbrechtii Lang, 1884. C. Prostheceraeus roseus Lang, 1884. D. Enchiridium magec n. sp. E. Anonymus virilis Lang, 1884. F. Anonymus ruber n. sp. G. Pericelis cata Marcus and Marcus, 1986. H. Phrikoceros mopsus (Marcus, 1952) Quiroga, 2008. I. Pseudobiceros wirtzi Bahia and Schrödl, 2016. J. Pseudoceros maximus Lang, 1884. K. Pseudoceros velutinus (Blanchard, 1847) Lang, 1884. L. Pseudoceros mororum n. sp. M. Pseudoceros sp. N. Thysanozoon brocchii (Risso, 1818) Grube 1840. O. Acanthozoon aranfaibo n. sp. P. Yungia aurantiaca (Delle Chiaje, 1822) Lang, 1884. Q. Cestoplana rubrocincta (Grube, 1840) Lang, 1884. R. Multisepta fengari n. sp. S. Planocera pellucida (Mertens, 1833) Örsted, 1844.