BULACEROS, NEW GENUS, AND TYTTHOSOCEROS, NEW GENUS, (PLATYHELMINTHES,POLYCLADIDA) FROM THE GREAT-BARRIER-REEF, AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA-NEW-GUINEA

Citation
Lj. Newman et Lrg. Cannon, BULACEROS, NEW GENUS, AND TYTTHOSOCEROS, NEW GENUS, (PLATYHELMINTHES,POLYCLADIDA) FROM THE GREAT-BARRIER-REEF, AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA-NEW-GUINEA, The Raffles bulletin of zoology, 44(2), 1996, pp. 479-492
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
ISSN journal
02172445
Volume
44
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
479 - 492
Database
ISI
SICI code
0217-2445(1996)44:2<479:BNGATN>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Two new genera of pseudocerotid flatworms are described from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia and Madang, Papua New Guinea. Bulaceros, new genus, and Tytthosoceros, new genus, resemble Pseudoceros Lang, 1884 i n having a single reproductive system, however, their overall morpholo gy resembles Pseudobiceros Faubel, 1984, which possesses paired male s ystems. Bulaceros, new genus can be distinguished from other pseudocer otid genera by its knobbed pseudotentacles, arrangement of the dorsal eyes and small, narrow penial stylet. Tytthosoceros, new genus, can be distinguished by its small ear-like pseudotentacles, arrangement of t he dorsal eyes, and short, wide penial stylet.