Yungia aurantiaca (Delle Chiaje, 1822) Lang, 1884

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Yungia aurantiaca (Delle Chiaje, 1822) Lang, 1884

( Fig. 11 P)

Planaria aurantiaca Delle Chiaje, 1830 , Pl. 78.

Planaria flava Delle Chiaje, 1822 , Pl. CVIII, fig. 11.

Proceros aurantiacus (Delle Chiaje, 1822) Lang 1884 , page 459. Thysanozoon aurantiacum (Delle Chiaje, 1822) Örsted 1844 , page 47. Thysanozoon flavum (Delle-Chiaje, 1822) Örsted 1844 , page 47.

Type locality. Sicily Island (Delle Chiaje 1822);

Occurrence in the Canary Island. El Cotillo, Fuerteventura, Canary Archipelago (De Vera et al. 2009) ( Fig. 1 , F4; Table 1 and 2).

Taxonomic remarks. Easily identified by its distinctive orange pigmentation with small white dots and thin white marginal stripe, and by the characteristic ear-shaped morphology of the pseudotentacles.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Sampling station of the Canary Islands (for explanation of legends see Table 1).

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.