Prostheceraeus fitae Soutullo, Cuadrado & Noreña, 2021

Ramos-Sánchez, Mariela, 2024, The polyclads (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida) from the Tropical Eastern Pacific: Commented checklist and description of a new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 962 (1), pp. 1-67 : 39

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scientific name	Prostheceraeus fitae Soutullo, Cuadrado & Noreña, 2021
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Prostheceraeus fita Soutullo et al., 2021: 374–376 , fig. 8b–e (type locality: Langosta Beach, Las Baulas National Park of Guanacaste, Costa Rica).

Distribution

Playa Langosta, Las Baulas National Park of Guanacaste, Costa Rica.

Habitat

Benthic.

Remarks

Prostheceraeus fitae has white and black stripes with a yellow central line, a much more delicate stipe compared to other species in the genus, and a long and narrow male atrium. The genus Prostheceraeus currently comprises 19 valid species, most of them distributed in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean ( Soutullo et al. 2021), while three species P. fitae , P. nigricornus Schmarda, 1859 , and P. panamensis Woodworth, 1894 are found in the Pacific Ocean.

References

Schmarda L. K. 1859. Neue wirbellose Thiere beobachtet und gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erde 1853 bis 1857. Erster Band (erste Halfte): Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig. Available from https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 45359791 [accessed 2 Aug, 2023].

Soutullo P., Cuadrado D. & Norena C. 2021. First study of the Polycladida (Rhabditophora, Platyhelminthes) from the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica. Zootaxa 4964 (2): 363 - 381. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4964.2.7

Woodworth W. 1894. Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross during 1891. IX. Report on the Turbellaria. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology Harvard College 25: 49 - 52. Available from https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 4179619 [accessed 2 Aug. 2023].