Species Pseudoceros boolool Newman & Cannon, 1994
- Pseudoceros boolool Newman, L.J. & Cannon, L.R.G. 1994. Pseudoceros and Pseudobiceros (Platyhelminthes, Polycladida, Pseudocerotidae) from eastern Australia and Papua New Guinea. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 37: 205-266.
Type data:
Holotype QM G210386 (reef crest, coll. L. Newman & A. Flowers, 29.xii.1990, wholemount), Heron Island, Capricorn Bunker Group, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S 151°55'E].
Paratype(s) QM G210395 (reef crest, coll. L. Newman & A. Flowers, 6.ix.1992, longitudinal section), Heron Island, Capricorn Bunker Group, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S 151°55'E].
Introduction
Pseudoceros boolool is usually found associated with colonial ascidians and beneath boulders or rubble. Specimens are uniformly dark in colour and are common at Heron Island, but rare at One Tree Island and in Papua New Guinea. Newman & Cannon (1994) suggest that this species may mimic the colouration pattern of the nudibranch Dendrodoris nigra (Stimpson, 1855); they report the two species as occurring in the same locality, often beneath the same coral rubble and boulders.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Heron Island and One Tree Island, Capricorn Bunker Group, southern Great Barrier Reef, reef crest. Madang, Papua New Guinea, reef crest.
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) |
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"TURBELLARIA" | 02-Aug-2012 | ADDED | Dr Kathryn Hall |