Pericelis

Pericelis
Pericelis sp. from Réunion
Pericelis sp. from Réunion
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Polycladida
Suborder: Cotylea
Superfamily: Periceloidea
Bahia, Padula & Schrödl, 2017[3][2]
Family: Pericelidae
Laidlaw, 1902[1][2]
Genus: Pericelis
Laidlaw, 1902[1][2]
Type species
Pericelis byerleyana
(Collingwood, 1876) Laidlaw, 1902[1][2]
Species

See Taxonomy

Pericelis is a genus of flatworms and the only member of the family Pericelidae, the only family in the superfamily Periceloidea.[2]

Taxonomy

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

  • P. alba (Cuadrado, Rodriguez, Moro, Grande & Noreña, 2021)[4]
  • P. byerleyana (Collingwood, 1876) Laidlaw, 1902[1]
  • P. cata Marcus & Marcus, 1968
  • P. flavomarginata Tsuyuki, Oya, Jimi & Kajihara, 2020[5]
  • P. hymanae Poulter, 1974
  • P. lactea Tsuyuki, Oya & Kajihara, 2021[6]
  • P. maculosa Tsuyuki, Oya & Kajihara, 2021[6]
  • P. nazahui Ramos-Sanchez, Bahia & Rolando Bastida-Zavala, 2020[7]
  • P. nivea Oya, Moritaki, & Tsuyuki, 2024[8]
  • P. orbicularia (Schmarda, 1859)
  • P. sigmeri Ramos-Sanchez, Bahia & Rolando Bastida-Zavala, 2020[7]
  • P. tectivorum Dittmann, Dibiasi, Noreña & Egger, 2019[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Laidlaw, Frank Fortescue (1902). "The marine Turbellaria, with an account of the Anatomy of some of the species". In Gardiner, J. Stanley (ed.). The fauna and geography of the Maldive and Laccadive archipelagoes: being the account of the work carried on and of the collections made by an expedition during the years 1899 and 1900. Vol. 1(3). Cambridge: University Press (published 1903). pp. 282–312. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.10215.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "World list of turbellarian worms - Pericelis Laidlaw, 1902". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2026-01-08.
  3. ^ Bahia, Juliana; Padula, Vinicius; Schrödl, Michael (2017-09-01). "Polycladida phylogeny and evolution: integrating evidence from 28S rDNA and morphology". Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 17 (3): 653–678. Bibcode:2017ODivE..17..653B. doi:10.1007/s13127-017-0327-5. ISSN 1618-1077.
  4. ^ Cuadrado, Daniel; Rodríguez, Jorge; Moro, Leopoldo; Grande, Cristina; Noreña, Carolina (2021-02-24). "Polycladida (Platyhelminthes, Rhabditophora) from Cape Verde and related regions of Macaronesia". European Journal of Taxonomy (736): 1249. Bibcode:2021EJTax.736.1249C. doi:10.5852/ejt.2021.736.1249. hdl:10486/701319. ISSN 2118-9773.
  5. ^ Tsuyuki, Aoi; Oya, Yuki; Jimi, Naoto; Kajihara, Hiroshi (2020-12-10). "Description of Pericelis flavomarginata sp. nov. (Polycladida: Cotylea) and its predatory behavior on a scaleworm". Zootaxa. 4894 (3): 403–412. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4894.3.6. ISSN 1175-5334.
  6. ^ a b Tsuyuki, Aoi; Oya, Yuki; Kajihara, Hiroshi (2021-11-26). "Two new species of the marine flatworm Pericelis (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida) from southwestern Japan with an amendment of the generic diagnosis based on phylogenetic inference". Marine Biology Research. 17 (9–10): 946–959. Bibcode:2021MBioR..17..946T. doi:10.1080/17451000.2022.2048669. ISSN 1745-1000.
  7. ^ a b Ramos-Sánchez, Mariela; Bahia, Juliana; Bastida-Zavala, J. Rolando (2020-07-22). "Five new species of cotylean flatworms (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida: Cotylea) from Oaxaca, southern Mexican Pacific". Zootaxa. 4819 (1): 49–83. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4819.1.3. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 33055670.
  8. ^ Oya, Yuki; Moritaki, Takeya; Tsuyuki, Aoi (January 2024). "Description of a new species of Pericelis (Polycladida, Diposthidae) from sunken wood in the bathyal zone in Japan". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 104 e12. Bibcode:2024JMBUK.104E..12O. doi:10.1017/S0025315424000092. ISSN 0025-3154.
  9. ^ Dittmann, Isabel L.; Dibiasi, Wolfgang; Noreña, Carolina; Egger, Bernhard (2019-03-11). "Description of the snail-eating flatworm in marine aquaria, Pericelis tectivorum sp. nov. (Polycladida, Platyhelminthes)". Zootaxa. 4565 (3): 383–397. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4565.3.5. ISSN 1175-5334.