Pseudobiceros pardalis ( Verrill, 1900 ) Verrill, 1900

Bolaños, Marcela, Quiroga, Sigmer Y. & Litvaitis, Marian K., 2007, Five new species of cotylean flatworms (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida) from the wider Caribbean, Zootaxa 1650, pp. 1-23 : 3

Pseudobiceros pardalis ( Verrill, 1900) n. comb.

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FIGURE 1. Pseudobiceros pardalis n. comb. A. Dorsal view of live animal in its natural habitat. Scale bar 5 mm. B. Ventral view of live animal showing pharynx, two male gonopores, female gonopore, uteri and sucker. Scale bar 5 mm. C. Original diagram of Verrill, 1900 of dorsal (left) and ventral view (right); ventral view clearly shows two male gonopores and pharynx, female gonopore and sucker. fp, female gonopore; ph, pharynx; su, sucker; u, uteri; arrowheads, male gonopores.

FIGURE 2. Pseudobiceros pardalis n. comb. A. Sagittal section of one male copulatory system, showing seminal and prostatic vesicles. B. Sagittal section of one male copulatory system, showing prostatic vesicle, stylet, and male atrium. C. Sagittal section of female copulatory system, showing female pore, atrium, cement glands, cement pouch and vagina. D. Sagittal section through the sucker. E. Diagrammatic representation of one male copulatory apparatus. All scale bars 250 µm. cg, cement glands; fa, female atrium; fp, female pore; ma, male atrium; s, stylet; pv, prostatic vesicle; sv, seminal vesicle; v, vagina; asterisk, cement pouch.