Pseudobiceros bedfordi ( Laidlaw, 1903a )

Bahia, Juliana & Schrödl, Michael, 2016, Pseudobiceros wirtzi sp. nov. (Polycladida: Cotylea) from Senegal with revision of valid species of the genus, Zootaxa 4097 (1), pp. 101-117 : 103

Pseudobiceros bedfordi ( Laidlaw, 1903a)

Taxonimic remarks. Pseudobiceros bedfordi has under its synonym list ( Table 1) the species Pseudoceros micronesianus , described by Hyman (1955). However, Faubel (1984) makes a new combination of this species adding it to Pseudobiceros , but citing Hyman 1953 as the author, and considering P. bedfordi and P. micronesianus as separate species. There is no species with that name in Hyman (1953), so that might have been a misspelling. Later, Newman & Cannon (1994), despite not commenting Faubel’s list (1984), already clarified that the species described by Hyman (1955) is synonym of Pseudobiceros bedfordi , after examining its holotype. Here we support that decision and do not consider Pseudobiceros micronesianus as a valid species.