WoRMS taxon details
original description
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 [request]
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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]
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