Discocelis tigrina ( Blanchard, 1847 )

Cuadrado, Daniel, Rodríguez, Jorge, Moro, Leopoldo, Grande, Cristina & Noreña, Carolina, 2021, Polycladida (Platyhelminthes, Rhabditophora) from Cape Verde and related regions of Macaronesia, European Journal of Taxonomy 736, pp. 1-43 : 31-32

Discocelis tigrina ( Blanchard, 1847)

Figs 1B , 7K

Polycelis tigrinus Blanchard, 1847: 271–272 , pl. 8, fig. 1.

Leptoplana tigrina – Diesing 1850: 195; 1862: 527.

Elasmos tigrinus – Stimpson 1857: 3.

Discocelis tigrina – Lang 1884: 467–469, pl. 3, fig. 3; pl. 4, fig. 1; pl. 2, fig. 6.

Material examined

CANARY ISLANDS • 1 spec.; Gran Canaria, Pasito Blanco ; 27°44′50.46″ N, 15°37′31.85″ W ( Fig. 1B C1 ); 9 Aug. 2016; Leopoldo Moro leg.; RCCN .

Distribution

Río de Oro peninsula, Western Sahara ( Palombi 1939); Naples, Italy ( Lang 1884); Catalonia, Spain ( Novell 2003); Asturias, Spain ( Marquina et al. 2014); Galicia, Spain ( Noreña et al. 2015); Mauritania ( Palombi 1939).

New record

Pasito Blanco, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands.

Figures

Fig. 1. Location of sampling points, distribution of the Macaronesian archipelagos and limitation of regions: Lauri-Macaronesia or Lusitanian Macaronesia (white); Central Macaronesia or Eumacaronesia (bordeaux) and Great Macaronesia (green). Abbreviations:A1 = San Miguel Island, Azores; C1 = Pasito Blanco, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands; C2 = Tenerife, Canary Islands; C3 = Garachico, Tenerife, Canary Islands; C4 = Amarilla Golf, Tenerife, Canary Islands; CV1 = Astillero Mindelo, S„o Vicente Island, Cape Verde; CV2 = Bahía das Gatas, S„o Vicente Island, Cape Verde; CV3 = Calheta Funda, Sal Island, Cape Verde; M1 = Ifni, South Morocco; M2 = Agadir, South Morocco.

Fig. 7. A. Anonymus ruber Cuadrado, Moro & Noreña, 2017 from Cape Verde. B. Cycloporus gabriellae Marcus, 1950 from Cape Verde. C. Prostheceraeus moseley Lang, 1884 from Cape Verde. D. Pseudoceros velutinus (Blanchard, 1847) (transmitted light) from Cape Verde. E. Monobiceros langi Faubel, 1984 from Cape Verde. F. Stylochus pilidium (Götte, 1881) from South Morocco. G. Stylochus pillidium (Götte, 1881) from Azores. H. Stylochus sp. from South Morocco. I. Stylochus neapolitanus (Delle Chiaje, 1841–1844) from Madeira. J. Planocera pellucida (Mertens, 1833) from Canary Islands. K. Discocelis tigrina (Blanchard, 1847) from Canary Islands. L. Gnesioceros sargassicola (Mertens, 1833) from Canary Islands.