Pseudobiceros caribbensis Bolaños, Quiroga & Litvaitis, 2007
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https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.1221.128260 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EE34B942-57D8-456C-A6D5-F8046BB3A71E |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1AE5DEE3-0194-5438-A556-4A0A1AD95E30 |
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Pseudobiceros caribbensis Bolaños, Quiroga & Litvaitis, 2007 |
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Pseudobiceros caribbensis Bolaños, Quiroga & Litvaitis, 2007 View in CoL
Fig. 12 View Figure 12
Material examined.
Campeche coast, Mexico • 1; Cayos sumergidos del Oeste; 20.4 ° N, 92.2 ° W; 13 m; 14 Sep. 2017; A. Hernández leg.; CRPPY - 0014 GoogleMaps • 1; Cayos sumergidos del Oeste; 20.4 ° N, 92.2 ° W; 10.8 m; 14 Sep. 2017; A. Gutiérrez leg.; CRPPY - 0019 GoogleMaps • 3; Cayo Arcas ; 20.2 ° N, 92.0 ° W; 4.1 m; 21 Apr. 2018; A. Hernández leg.; CRPPY - 0057 GoogleMaps • 1; Cayo Arcas ; 20.2 ° N, 92.0 ° W; 2.2 m; 21 Apr. 2018; A. Hernández leg.; CRPPY - 0058 GoogleMaps • 1; Cayo Arcas ; 20.2 ° N, 92.0 ° W; 9.3 m; 24 Apr. 2018; A. Hernández leg.; CRPPY - 0075 GoogleMaps • 1; Cayo Arcas ; 20.2 ° N, 92.0 ° W; 4.4 m; 17 Aug. 2018; A. Hernández leg.; CRPPY - 0105 GoogleMaps .
Distribution.
Recorded in Curaçao, Jamaica, Florida, and Honduras ( Bolaños et al. 2007); Belize ( Rawlinson 2008). This is the first record for the Gulf of Mexico (Campeche coast, Mexico).
Description.
Elongated and elliptical body, 2 cm in length and 1 cm in width, Dorsal background pigmentation caramel-brown with dispersed, darker tonalities. Small white and black spots scattered across entire surface. Median longitudinal thickening traversed with two large white patches, white median line more visible in anterior ½ of body, especially between patches. One patch situated near pharynx in first 1 / 3 of body, and second in posterior region of body (Fig. 12 A, B, D View Figure 12 ). Ventral surface appears greyish with darker edges and dispersed white spots (Fig. 12 B View Figure 12 ). Multiple marginal folds. Pseudotentacles complex with multiple folds. Cluster of cerebral eyes horseshoe shaped, situated in a pale rounded area. Ruffled pharynx located in first 1 / 3 of body, with a centred mouth. Two male copulatory openings in middle body region, behind the pharynx, located near female gonopore and sucker (Fig. 12 C View Figure 12 ). Configuration of reproductive system matches that provided in the original description ( Bolaños et al. 2007).
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