Cestoplana rubrocincta ( Grube, 1840 ) Lang 1884

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

Cestoplana rubrocincta ( Grube, 1840) Lang 1884

( Fig. 11 Q)

Orthostomum rubrocinctum Grube, 1840, 56 Orthostoma rubrocincta ( Grube, 1840) Örsted 1844 , 75 Typhlolepta rubrocincta ( Grube, 1840) Stimpson 1857 , 3 Cestoplana australis Haswell, 1907 , 479, fig.

Cestoplana filiformis Laidlaw, 1903 , 110

Type locality. Mediterranean Sea ( Grube 1840).

Distribution. Kenya ( Laidlaw 1903); Cape Verde ( Laidlaw 1906); Susaki and Seto, Japan ( Kato 1937); Naples and Sicily, Italy ( Kato 1944); Port Jackson, Australia ( Kato 1944); Bay Weligama, Sri Lanka ( Kato 1944); Bay Gaira, Colombia ( Quiroga 2008); Canary Archipelago: El Medano, Tenerife (De Vera et al. 2009) ( Fig. 1 , T4; Table 1 and 2).

Biology. De Vera and collaborators (2009) found Cestoplana rubrocinta in the intertidal zone at depths of 1 metre, in the spring time.

Taxonomic remarks. Characterised by an elongated, ribbon-shaped body, background colour pale orange, almost transparent or whitish, and three thin orange longitudinal lines, two marginal and one along the middle longitudinal body. Without tentacles or 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.