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Pseudoceros Lang, 1884

142241  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:142241)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Platyhelminthes (Phylum)
  4. Rhabditophora (Subphylum)
  5. Polycladida (Order)
  6. Cotylea (Suborder)
  7. Pseudocerotidae (Family)
  8. Pseudoceros (Genus)
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  1. Subgenus Pseudoceros (Acanthozoon) Heath & McGregor, 1912
    1. Species Pseudoceros (Acanthozoon) hispidum Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1955 accepted as Acanthozoon hispidum (Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1955)
    2. Species Pseudoceros (Acanthozoon) lepidus Heath & McGregor, 1912 accepted as Acanthozoon lepidum (Heath & McGregor, 1912)
    3. Species Pseudoceros (Acanthozoon) maculosum (Pearse, 1938) accepted as Acanthozoon maculosum (Pearse, 1938)
  2. Species Pseudoceros affinis (Collingwood, 1876)
  3. Species Pseudoceros agattiensis Dixit, 2019
  4. Species Pseudoceros albicornus (Stimpson, 1857)
  5. Species Pseudoceros albicuneatus Prudhoe, 1989
  6. Species Pseudoceros albimaculatus Prudhoe, 1989
  7. Species Pseudoceros albireticulatus Prudhoe, 1989
  8. Species Pseudoceros albomarginatus Hyman, 1959
  9. Species Pseudoceros asamusiensis Kato, 1939
  10. Species Pseudoceros astrorum Bulnes & Torres, 2014
  11. Species Pseudoceros ater Hyman, 1959
  12. Species Pseudoceros atraviridis (Collingwood, 1876)
  13. Species Pseudoceros atropurpureus Kato, 1934
  14. Species Pseudoceros auranticrinis Dixit, Raghunathan & Chandra, 2017
  15. Species Pseudoceros bicolor Verrill, 1902
  16. Species Pseudoceros bicuti Ramos-Sanchez, Bahia & Rolando Bastida-Zavala, 2020
  17. Species Pseudoceros bifascia Dixit & Sreeraj, 2024
  18. Species Pseudoceros bifasciatus Prudhoe, 1989
  19. Species Pseudoceros bifurcus Prudhoe, 1989
  20. Species Pseudoceros bimarginatus Meixner, 1907
  21. Species Pseudoceros bipurpureus Dixit, 2021
  22. Species Pseudoceros bolool Newman & Cannon, 1994
  23. Species Pseudoceros buskii (Collingwood, 1876)
  24. Species Pseudoceros caeruleocinctus Hyman, 1959
  25. Species Pseudoceros caeruleopunctatus Palombi, 1928
  26. Species Pseudoceros canadensis Hyman, 1953
  27. Species Pseudoceros cardinalis Haswell, 1907
  28. Species Pseudoceros cardiosorus (Schmarda, 1859)
  29. Species Pseudoceros cerebralis (Kelaart, 1858)
  30. Species Pseudoceros chloreus Marcus, 1949
  31. Species Pseudoceros clavicornis (Schmarda, 1859)
  32. Species Pseudoceros coccineus (Stimpson, 1857)
  33. Species Pseudoceros colemani Prudhoe, 1978
  34. Species Pseudoceros collingwoodi Laidlaw, 1903
  35. Species Pseudoceros concinnus (Collingwood, 1876)
  36. Species Pseudoceros confusus Newman & Cannon, 1995
  37. Species Pseudoceros contrarius Newman & Cannon, 1995
  38. Species Pseudoceros cruentus Newman & Cannon, 1998
  39. Species Pseudoceros decorus Prudhoe, 1989
  40. Species Pseudoceros depiliktabub Newman & Cannon, 1994
  41. Species Pseudoceros devisii Woodworth, 1898
  42. Species Pseudoceros dimidiatus Graff, 1893
  43. Species Pseudoceros dubius Prudhoe, 1989
  44. Species Pseudoceros dulcis Kelaart, 1858
  45. Species Pseudoceros duplicinctus Prudhoe, 1989
  46. Species Pseudoceros evelinae Marcus, 1950
  47. Species Pseudoceros exoptatus Kato, 1938
  48. Species Pseudoceros felis Newman & Cannon, 1994
  49. Species Pseudoceros ferrugineus Hyman, 1959
  50. Species Pseudoceros flavomaculatus Graff, 1893
  51. Species Pseudoceros flavomarginatus Laidlaw, 1902
  52. Species Pseudoceros fulminatus (Stimpson, 1855)
  53. Species Pseudoceros fuscogriseus Hyman, 1959
  54. Species Pseudoceros fuscomaculatus Prudhoe, 1989
  55. Species Pseudoceros fuscus (Kelaart, 1858)
  56. Species Pseudoceros galatheensis Dixit, Raghunathan & Chandra, 2017
  57. Species Pseudoceros galaxea Dixit, 2021
  58. Species Pseudoceros gamblei Laidlaw, 1902
  59. Species Pseudoceros glaucus Prudhoe, 1989
  60. Species Pseudoceros goslineri Newman & Cannon, 1994
  61. Species Pseudoceros gravieri Meixner, 1907
  62. Species Pseudoceros griseus Hyman, 1959
  63. Species Pseudoceros guttatomarginatus (Stimpson, 1855)
  64. Species Pseudoceros habroptilus Hyman, 1959
  65. Species Pseudoceros haddoni (Laidlaw, 1903)
  66. Species Pseudoceros heronensis Newman & Cannon, 1994
  67. Species Pseudoceros imitatus Newman & Cannon, 1994
  68. Species Pseudoceros imperatus Newman & Cannon, 1998
  69. Species Pseudoceros indicus Newman & Schupp, 2002
  70. Species Pseudoceros inhacensis Prudhoe, 1989
  71. Species Pseudoceros intermittus Newman & Cannon, 1995
  72. Species Pseudoceros interruptus (Stimpson, 1855)
  73. Species Pseudoceros irretitus Newman & Cannon, 1998
  74. Species Pseudoceros japonicus (Stimpson, 1857)
  75. Species Pseudoceros jebborum Newman & Cannon, 1994
  76. Species Pseudoceros josei Newman & Cannon, 1998
  77. Species Pseudoceros juani Bahia et al., 2014
  78. Species Pseudoceros kelaarti (Collingwood, 1876)
  79. Species Pseudoceros kentii Graff, 1893
  80. Species Pseudoceros kylie Newman & Cannon, 1998
  81. Species Pseudoceros lacteus (Collingwood, 1876)
  82. Species Pseudoceros lactolimbus Newman & Cannon, 1998
  83. Species Pseudoceros laingensis Newman & Cannon, 1998
  84. Species Pseudoceros langamaakensis Faubel, 1983
  85. Species Pseudoceros laticlavus Newman & Cannon, 1994
  86. Species Pseudoceros latissimus type A (Schmarda, 1859)
  87. Species Pseudoceros leptostictus Bock, 1913
  88. Species Pseudoceros limbatus Leuckart, 1828
  89. Species Pseudoceros lindae Newman & Cannon, 1994
  90. Species Pseudoceros liparus Marcus, 1950
  91. Species Pseudoceros litoralis Bock, 1913
  92. Species Pseudoceros lividus Prudhoe, 1982
  93. Species Pseudoceros luteus (Plehn, 1898)
  94. Species Pseudoceros maculatus (Pease, 1860)
  95. Species Pseudoceros magangensis Jie, Gan, Chen, & Kuo, 2016
  96. Species Pseudoceros maximus Lang, 1884
  97. Species Pseudoceros maximus-type A Lang, 1884
  98. Species Pseudoceros meenae Dixit, Sivaperuman & Raghunathan, 2018
  99. Species Pseudoceros memoralis Kato, 1938
  100. Species Pseudoceros mexicanus Hyman, 1953
  101. Species Pseudoceros microcelis Prudhoe, 1989
  102. Species Pseudoceros microceraeus (Schmarda, 1859)
  103. Species Pseudoceros micropapillosus Kato, 1934
  104. Species Pseudoceros monostichos Newman & Cannon, 1994
  105. Species Pseudoceros montereyensis Hyman, 1953
  106. Species Pseudoceros mororum Cuadrado, Moro & Norena, 2017
  107. Species Pseudoceros mossambicus Prudhoe, 1989
  108. Species Pseudoceros mulleri (Delle Chiaje, 1829)
  109. Species Pseudoceros niger (Stimpson, 1857)
  110. Species Pseudoceros nigriramulosus Prudhoe, 1989
  111. Species Pseudoceros nigrocinctus (Schmarda, 1859)
  112. Species Pseudoceros nigropunctatus Dixit, Raghunathan & Chandra, 2017
  113. Species Pseudoceros nipponicus Kato, 1944
  114. Species Pseudoceros ouini Newman & Cannon, 1994
  115. Species Pseudoceros ovimaculatus Prudhoe, 1989
  116. Species Pseudoceros paradoxus Bock, 1927
  117. Species Pseudoceros paralaticlavus Newman & Cannon, 1994
  118. Species Pseudoceros periaurantius Newman & Cannon, 1994
  119. Species Pseudoceros periphaeus Bock, 1913
  120. Species Pseudoceros peripurpureus Newman & Cannon, 1994
  121. Species Pseudoceros perviolaceus (Schmarda, 1859)
  122. Species Pseudoceros pius Kato, 1938
  123. Species Pseudoceros pleurostictus Bock, 1913
  124. Species Pseudoceros prudhoei Newman & Cannon, 1994
  125. Species Pseudoceros punctatus Laidlaw, 1902
  126. Species Pseudoceros purpureus (Kelaart, 1858)
  127. Species Pseudoceros rawlinsonae Bolanos, Quiroga & Litvaitis, 2007
  128. Species Pseudoceros regalus Laidlaw, 1903
  129. Species Pseudoceros reticulatus Yeri & Kaburaki, 1918
  130. Species Pseudoceros rubellus Laidlaw, 1903
  131. Species Pseudoceros rubronanus Newman & Cannon, 1998
  132. Species Pseudoceros rubrotentaculatus Kaburaki, 1923
  133. Species Pseudoceros scintillatus Newman & Cannon, 1994
  134. Species Pseudoceros scriptus Newman & Cannon, 1998
  135. Species Pseudoceros stellans Dixit, 2019
  136. Species Pseudoceros stimpsoni Newman & Cannon, 1998
  137. Species Pseudoceros striatus Kelaart, 1858
  138. Species Pseudoceros susanae Newman & Anderson, 1997
  139. Species Pseudoceros texanus Hyman, 1955
  140. Species Pseudoceros tigrinus Laidlaw, 1902
  141. Species Pseudoceros tomiokaensis Kato, 1938
  142. Species Pseudoceros tristriatus Hyman, 1959
  143. Species Pseudoceros variegatus Prudhoe, 1989
  144. Species Pseudoceros velutinus (Blanchard, 1847) Lang, 1884
  145. Species Pseudoceros verecundus Newman & Cannon, 1994
  146. Species Pseudoceros vinosus Meixner, 1907
  147. Species Pseudoceros vishnui Dixit, Raghunathan & Chandra, 2017
  148. Species Pseudoceros yessoensis Kato, 1937
  149. Species Pseudoceros zebra (Leuckart, 1828)
  150. Species Pseudoceros zeylanicus (Kelaart, 1858)
  151. Species Pseudoceros affinis (Kelaart, 1858) accepted as Pseudoceros affinis (Collingwood, 1876)
  152. Species Pseudoceros albicornis (Stimpson, 1857) accepted as Pseudoceros albicornus (Stimpson, 1857)
  153. Species Pseudoceros albomarginitus Hyman, 1959 accepted as Pseudoceros albomarginatus Hyman, 1959
  154. Species Pseudoceros armatus (Kelaart, 1858) accepted as Acanthozoon armatum (Kelaart, 1858)
  155. Species Pseudoceros aureolineata Verrill, 1901 accepted as Maritigrella aureolineatus (Verrill, 1901)
  156. Species Pseudoceros aureolineatus Verrill, 1901 accepted as Maritigrella aureolineatus (Verrill, 1901)
  157. Species Pseudoceros bajae Hyman, 1953 accepted as Cryptobiceros bajae (Hyman, 1953) accepted as Pseudobiceros bajae (Hyman, 1953)
  158. Species Pseudoceros bedfordi Laidlaw, 1903 accepted as Pseudobiceros bedfordi (Laidlaw, 1903)
  159. Species Pseudoceros bimarginatum Meixner, 1907 accepted as Pseudoceros bimarginatus Meixner, 1907 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  160. Species Pseudoceros caeruleopunstatus Palombi, 1928 accepted as Pseudoceros caeruleopunctatus Palombi, 1928
  161. Species Pseudoceros cinereus Palombi, 1931 accepted as Pseudobiceros cinereus (Palombi, 1931)
  162. Species Pseudoceros clavicornus (Schmarda, 1859) accepted as Pseudoceros clavicornis (Schmarda, 1859)
  163. Species Pseudoceros corallophilus Hyman, 1954 accepted as Pseudoceros bimarginatus Meixner, 1907 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  164. Species Pseudoceros crozieri Hyman, 1939 accepted as Maritigrella crozieri (Hyman, 1939) accepted as Prostheceraeus crozieri (Hyman, 1939)
  165. Species Pseudoceros fulvogriseus Hyman, 1959 accepted as Pseudobiceros fulvogriseus (Hyman, 1959)
  166. Species Pseudoceros fuscopunctatus Prudhoe, 1978 accepted as Maritigrella fuscopunctata (Prudhoe, 1978)
  167. Species Pseudoceros gardineri Laidlaw, 1902 accepted as Pseudobiceros gardinieri (Laidlaw, 1902)
  168. Species Pseudoceros gardinieri (Laidlaw, 1902) accepted as Pseudobiceros gardinieri (Laidlaw, 1902)
  169. Species Pseudoceros gratus Kato, 1937 accepted as Pseudobiceros strigosus (Marcus, 1950) accepted as Pseudobiceros gratus (Kato, 1937)
  170. Species Pseudoceros hancockanus (Collingwood, 1876) accepted as Pseudobiceros hancockanus (Collingwood, 1876)
  171. Species Pseudoceros harrisi Bolanos, Quiroga & Litvaitis, 2007 accepted as Bulaceros harrisi (Bolanos, Quiroga & Litvaitis, 2007)
  172. Species Pseudoceros hispidus Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1955 accepted as Acanthozoon hispidum (Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1955)
  173. Species Pseudoceros izuensis (Kato, 1944) accepted as Pseudobiceros izuensis (Kato, 1944)
  174. Species Pseudoceros kelaartii (Collingwood, 1876) accepted as Pseudoceros kelaarti (Collingwood, 1876)
  175. Species Pseudoceros langemaakensis Faubel, 1984 accepted as Pseudoceros langamaakensis Faubel, 1983
  176. Species Pseudoceros latissimus (Schmarda, 1859) accepted as Pseudoceros latissimus type A (Schmarda, 1859)
  177. Species Pseudoceros latissimus typeB (Schmarda, 1859) accepted as Pseudobiceros schmardae Faubel, 1984
  178. Species Pseudoceros lepida (Heath & McGregor, 1913) accepted as Acanthozoon lepidum (Heath & McGregor, 1912)
  179. Species Pseudoceros limbatus Haswell, 1907 accepted as Pseudoceros liparus Marcus, 1950 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
  180. Species Pseudoceros luteomarginatus Yeri & Kaburaki, 1918 accepted as Pseudobiceros luteomarginatus (Yeri & Kaburaki, 1918)
  181. Species Pseudoceros maculosus Pearse, 1938 accepted as Acanthozoon maculosum (Pearse, 1938)
  182. Species Pseudoceros malayensis (Collingwood, 1876) accepted as Pseudobiceros hancockanus (Collingwood, 1876)
  183. Species Pseudoceros marmoratus Plehn, 1898 accepted as Cryptoceros marmoratus (Plehn, 1898)
  184. Species Pseudoceros maximus-typeB Lang, 1884 accepted as Monobiceros langi Faubel, 1984
  185. Species Pseudoceros micronesianus Hyman, 1955 accepted as Pseudobiceros micronesianus (Hyman, 1955) accepted as Pseudobiceros bedfordi (Laidlaw, 1903)
  186. Species Pseudoceros miniatus (Schmarda, 1859) accepted as Pseudobiceros miniatus (Schmarda, 1859)
  187. Species Pseudoceros mopsus Marcus, 1952 accepted as Phrikoceros mopsus (Marcus, 1952) accepted as Tytthosoceros mopsus (Marcus, 1952)
  188. Species Pseudoceros muelleri (Delle Chiaje, 1829) accepted as Pseudoceros mulleri (Delle Chiaje, 1829)
  189. Species Pseudoceros nigromarginatus Yeri & Kaburaki, 1918 accepted as Pseudobiceros nigromarginatus (Yeri & Kaburaki, 1918)
  190. Species Pseudoceros papilionis (Kelaart, 1858) accepted as Acanthozoon papilionis (Kelaart, 1858)
  191. Species Pseudoceros pardalis Verrill, 1900 accepted as Pseudobiceros pardalis (Verrill, 1900)
  192. Species Pseudoceros perviolaceus Hyman, 1955 accepted as Pseudoceros perviolaceus (Schmarda, 1859)
  193. Species Pseudoceros philippinensis Kaburaki, 1923 accepted as Pseudobiceros philippinensis (Kaburaki, 1923)
  194. Species Pseudoceros regalis Laidlaw, 1903 accepted as Pseudoceros regalus Laidlaw, 1903
  195. Species Pseudoceros rubrocinctus (Schmarda, 1859) accepted as Pseudobiceros rubrocinctus (Schmarda, 1859)
  196. Species Pseudoceros rubrocinstus (Schmarda, 1859) accepted as Pseudobiceros rubrocinctus (Schmarda, 1859)
  197. Species Pseudoceros sagamianus Kato, 1937 accepted as Phrikoceros sagamianus (Kato, 1937) accepted as Tytthosoceros sagamianus (Kato, 1937)
  198. Species Pseudoceros sapphirinus Newman & Cannon, 1994 accepted as Pseudoceros caeruleocinctus Hyman, 1959 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  199. Species Pseudoceros splendidus (Lang, 1884) accepted as Pseudobiceros splendidus (Lang, 1884)
  200. Species Pseudoceros splendidus Stummer-Traunfels, 1933 accepted as Pseudobiceros splendidus (Lang, 1884)
  201. Species Pseudoceros striatus (Schmarda, 1859) accepted as Pseudobiceros strigosus (Marcus, 1950) accepted as Pseudobiceros gratus (Kato, 1937)
  202. Species Pseudoceros strigosus Marcus, 1950 accepted as Pseudobiceros strigosus (Marcus, 1950) accepted as Pseudobiceros gratus (Kato, 1937)
  203. Species Pseudoceros superbus Lang, 1884 accepted as Pseudobiceros splendidus (Lang, 1884)
  204. Species Pseudoceros superbus (Schmarda, 1859) accepted as Pseudobiceros undulatus (Kelaart, 1858)
  205. Species Pseudoceros susakiensis Kato, 1934 accepted as Katheurylepta susakiensis (Kato, 1934)
  206. Species Pseudoceros suzakiensis Kato, 1934 accepted as Katheurylepta susakiensis (Kato, 1934)
  207. Species Pseudoceros undulata (Kelaart, 1858) accepted as Pseudobiceros undulatus (Kelaart, 1858)
  208. Species Pseudoceros undulatus (Kelaart, 1858) accepted as Pseudobiceros undulatus (Kelaart, 1858)
  209. Species Pseudoceros violaceous (Schmarda, 1859) accepted as Pseudoceros perviolaceus (Schmarda, 1859)
  210. Species Pseudoceros violaceus (Kelaart, 1858) accepted as Eurylepta violacea Kelaart, 1858
  211. Species Pseudoceros violaceus (Schmarda, 1859) accepted as Pseudoceros perviolaceus (Schmarda, 1859)
  212. Species Pseudoceros virescens (Schmarda, 1859) accepted as Pseudobiceros viridis (Kelaart, 1858)
  213. Species Pseudoceros virescens Hyman, 1955 accepted as Pseudobiceros viridis (Kelaart, 1858)
  214. Species Pseudoceros viridis (Kelaart, 1858) accepted as Pseudobiceros viridis (Kelaart, 1858)
  215. Species Pseudoceros viridis (Schmarda, 1859) accepted as Pseudobiceros viridis (Kelaart, 1858)
  216. Species Pseudoceros yeesoensis Kato, 1937 accepted as Pseudoceros yessoensis Kato, 1937
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Lang, A. (1884). Die Polycladen (Seeplanarien) des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeresabschnitte. Eine Monographie. Fauna Flora Golfes Neapel. W. Engelmann, Leipzig. <em>Fauna Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeresabschnitte.</em> Verlag von Wilhellm Engelmann. Leipzig. I–XI, 1–688. Separate atlas with 39 plates., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10545 [details] OpenAccess publication
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2026). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Pseudoceros Lang, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=142241 on 2026-04-02
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Nomenclature

original description Lang, A. (1884). Die Polycladen (Seeplanarien) des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeresabschnitte. Eine Monographie. Fauna Flora Golfes Neapel. W. Engelmann, Leipzig. <em>Fauna Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeresabschnitte.</em> Verlag von Wilhellm Engelmann. Leipzig. I–XI, 1–688. Separate atlas with 39 plates., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10545 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Faubel, A.; Noreña, C. (2001). Turbellaria, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 123-136 (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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additional source Johns, P.; Newman, L.J.; Holleman, J.J.; Dawson, E.W.; Sterrer, W.; Allison, F.R.; Diggles, B.K.; Andrews, J.R.H.; Hine, P.M.; McKenna, P.B.; Poulin, R. (2009). Phylum Platyhelminthes: flatworms, tapeworms, flukes, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 102-128. [details] 

 
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