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First record of Pseudoceros bicolor and Pericelis cata (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida) from Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 May 2009

Juliana Bahia  and
Vinicius Padula
Juliana Bahia
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biologia Marinha, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Ilha do Fundão, 21949-900, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Vinicius Padula*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Invertebrados, Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista s/n, 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: V. Padula, Departamento de Invertebrados, Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista s/n, 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil email: viniciuspadula@yahoo.com
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Abstract

Pseudoceros bicolor and Pericelis cata, species of the turbellarian order Polycladida previously listed for regions of the Caribbean Sea, are here recorded for the first time from Brazil. This is also the first record of the genus Pericelis from Brazil. The morphology of the specimens is described and photographs of living forms are given. The present records expand the known geographical range of both species to a transition zone between tropical and subtropical environments.

Keywords

Cotyleaflatwormnew recordbiodiversitybiogeographyCabo Frio
Type
Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 2 , January 2009 , e86
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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