Polycladida (Platyhelminthes, Rhabditophora) from Cape Verde and related regions of Macaronesia Author Cuadrado, Daniel F0C14D94-9996-4A20-9D56-B02DDA1A78CA Departmento de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), c / José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain. cuadradopm@hotmail.com Author Rodríguez, Jorge B833502E-CBA4-40CA-AE5A-BAD02F539062 Marine Invertebrates Department, Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, 1 William Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia. jorge.rodriguezmonter@austmus.gov.au Author Moro, Leopoldo B66DDDE6-98E6-42FD-8E58-A1DF6A386BE5 Servicio de Biodiversidad, Gobierno de Canarias, Edif. Usos Múltiples I, Av. Anaga n ° 35, Pl. 11, 38071 S / C de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. lmoraba@gobernodecanarias.org Author Grande, Cristina C8634A50-D3EC-467A-A868-225C231B40F2 Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain. cristina.grande@uam.es Author Noreña, Carolina DD03B71F-B45E-402B-BA32-BB30343E0D95 Departmento de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), c / José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain. norena@mncn.csic.es text European Journal of Taxonomy 2021 2021-02-24 736 1 43 journal article 10.5852/ejt.2021.736.1249 abae667f-9034-4d62-a010-b901ece4a71c 2118-9773 4561525 FC9085BE-73C4-4F33-BD9B-6A9F573AB01D Planocera pellucida ( Mertens, 1833 ) Figs 1B , 7J Planaria pellucida Mertens, 1833: 8–13 , pl. 1 Stylochus pellucidus Ehrenberg 1836: 67 . — Diesing 1850: 216 . — Claparède 1861: 143 . — Moseley 1877: 23 . Planocera pellucida – Örsted 1844: 48. Gnesioceros pellucidus Diesing 1862: 571 . Material examined MADEIRA1 spec. ; 32°41′18.52″ N , 16°58′57.36″ W ( Fig. 1B ); 2000; Leopoldo Moro leg.; RCCN . Distribution Atlantic Ocean, between Newfoundland and Ireland ( type locality) ( Mertens 1833 ); Pacific Ocean ( Graff 1892 ; Woodworth 1894 ; Plehn 1896 ); Canary Islands ( De Vera et al . 2009 ; Cuadrado et al . 2017 ); Vietnam ( Dawydoff 1952 ); the North Sea ( Prudhoe 1982 ); Japan ( Kato 1938 ); the Mediterranean Sea ( Lang 1879 , 1884 ; Riedl 1959 ; Marquina et al . 2014 ); pelagic fauna of the Atlantic Ocean ( Graff 1892 ; Plehn 1896 ); Cape Verde and Ascension islands ( Plehn 1896 ; Laidlaw 1903 ); New record Madeira . Remarks Planocera pellucida , together with Pseudoceros wirtzi , Pseudoceros cf. maximus and Prostheceraeus giesbrechtii are the three polyclad species currently recorded for Madeira . As can be seen in Fig. 7J . The specimens of Planocera pellucida from Madeira do not differ molecularly from those captured in the Canary Islands .