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Species Pseudobiceros hancockanus (Collingwood, 1867)

  • Proceros hancockanus Collingwood, 1867.
    Type data:
     Holotype whereabouts unknown painting only, Singapore.
  • Stylochopsis malayensis Collingwood, 1876.
  • Pseudoceros hancockanus Collingwood, 1876 [sensu Laidlaw, 1903, Kaburaki, 1923 and Marcus, 1950].

 

Introduction

Newman & Cannon (1994) proposed the new combination of this species within Pseudobiceros Faubel, 1984; previously, this species was classified within Pseudoceros Lang, 1884. Specimens of P. hancockanus are the largest known of all the pseudocerotid flatworms. Specimens were found on orange-coloured sponges at Heron Island, and appeared to be feeding on the sponge, according to Newman & Cannon (1994).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Heron Island and One Tree Island, Capricorn Bunker Group, southern Great Barrier Reef (see Litvaitis & Newman, 2001). Heron Island, Capricorn Bunker Group, southern Great Barrier Reef, reef slope; common. Great Barrier Reef to the Laccadives. Japan. Singapore. Philippines (see Newman & Cannon, 1994).

Lizard Island (see Marquina et al., 2015 and Dittman et al., 2019).

Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef (see Litvaitis et al., 2019).


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
20-May-2023 RHABDITOPHORA Ehlers, 1985 12-Apr-2023 MODIFIED Dr Nicholas Wee (QM)
17-Aug-2015 "TURBELLARIA" 12-Aug-2015 MODIFIED Dr Kathryn Hall
"TURBELLARIA" 02-Aug-2012 ADDED Dr Kathryn Hall