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Pericelis tectivorum Dittmann, Dibiasi, Noreña & Egger, 2019
1380524 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1380524)
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Dittmann, I. L.; Dibiasi, W.; Noreña, C.; Egger, B. (2019). Description of the snail-eating flatworm in marine aquaria, Pericelis tectivorum sp. nov. (Polycladida, Platyhelminthes). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4565(3): 383., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4565.3.5 [details] Available for editors
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Note Sagittal serial sections of the holotype...
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Type material Sagittal serial sections of the holotype (NHMW_EvMicro 5771/1-45) and paratype (NHMW EvMicro 5772/1-250), and marginal tissue sample in 100% ethanol of the paratype (NHMW EvWet 21221) submitted to the Natural History Museum Vienna, Austria). [details]
Etymology After the observed prey of the species, Tectus fenestratus (Gmelin, 1791), a snail of the family Tegulidae and after the...
Etymology After the observed prey of the species, Tectus fenestratus (Gmelin, 1791), a snail of the family Tegulidae and after the Latin word 'vorare' which means 'devour' in English. [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Pericelis tectivorum Dittmann, Dibiasi, Noreña & Egger, 2019. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1380524 on 2024-08-26
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Dittmann, I. L.; Dibiasi, W.; Noreña, C.; Egger, B. (2019). Description of the snail-eating flatworm in marine aquaria, Pericelis tectivorum sp. nov. (Polycladida, Platyhelminthes). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4565(3): 383., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4565.3.5 [details] Available for editors
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Etymology After the observed prey of the species, Tectus fenestratus (Gmelin, 1791), a snail of the family Tegulidae and after the Latin word 'vorare' which means 'devour' in English. [details]Type material Sagittal serial sections of the holotype (NHMW_EvMicro 5771/1-45) and paratype (NHMW EvMicro 5772/1-250), and marginal tissue sample in 100% ethanol of the paratype (NHMW EvWet 21221) submitted to the Natural History Museum Vienna, Austria). [details]