Prostheceraeus

Prostheceraeus
From the left to right of each row, from top to bottom: Prostheceraeus roseus, Prostheceraeus vittatus, Prostheceraeus moseleyi, Prostheceraeus giesbrechtii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Polycladida
Suborder: Cotylea
Family: Euryleptidae
Genus: Prostheceraeus
Schmarda, 1859[1][2]
Type species
Prostheceraeus nigricornus
Species

See Taxonomy

Prostheceraeus is a genus of flatworms in the family Euryleptidae.[3][2]

Taxonomy

The following species are recognised in the genus Prostheceraeus:[2]

  • P. albicinctus Lang, 1884[4]
  • P. anomalus Haswell, 1907
  • P. argus (Quatrefage, 1845)
  • P. boucheti Prudhoe, 1989
  • P. crisostomum Cuadrado, Rodriguez, Moro, Grande & Noreña, 2021
  • P. crozieri (Hyman, 1939)
  • P. fitae Soutullo, Cuadrado & Noreña, 2021
  • P. flavomarginatus (Ehrenberg, 1831)
  • P. floridanus Hyman, 1955
  • P. fuscolineatus Dixit, Raghunathan & Chandra, 2017
  • P. giesbrechtii Lang, 1884[4]
  • P. maculosus (Verrill, 1892)
  • P. meleagrinus (Kelaart, 1858)
  • P. moseleyi Lang, 1884[4]
  • P. nigricornus Schmarda, 1859[1]
  • P. panamensis Woodworth, 1894
  • P. pseudolimax Lang, 1884[4]
  • P. roseus Lang, 1884[4]
  • P. rubropunctatus Lang, 1884[4]
  • P. violaceus (Delle-Chiaje, 1822)
  • P. vittatus (Montagu, 1815)
  • P. zebra Hyman, 1955

References

  1. ^ a b c Schmarda, Ludwig K. (1859). Neue wirbellose Thiere beobachtet und gesammelt auf einer Reise 1853 bis 1857. Band I. Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Erste Hälfte. Leipzig: W. Engelmann. pp. 66 pp, tab 1-8.
  2. ^ a b c d WoRMS. "Prostheceraeus Schmarda, 1859". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2025-10-18.
  3. ^ Dittmann, Isabel L.; Cuadrado, Daniel; Aguado, Maria Teresa; Noreña, Carolina; Egger, Bernhard (2019-12-01). "Polyclad phylogeny persists to be problematic". Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 19 (4): 585–608. Bibcode:2019ODivE..19..585D. doi:10.1007/s13127-019-00415-1. hdl:10261/247677. ISSN 1618-1077.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Lang, Arnold (1884). "Die Polycladen (Seeplanarien) des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeresabschnitte. Eine Monographie. Fauna Flora Golfes Neapel". Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel. 11. Leipzig: W. Engelmann: I–IX + 1–688. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.10545. Archived from the original on 2025-08-17. Retrieved 2025-09-04 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.