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Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Subphylum: Rhabditophora Ehlers. 1985
Order: Polyclaldida Lang, 1884
Family: Pseudocerotidae Lang, 1884
Pseudoceros bipurpurea Dixit, 2021
Tagline: New species of the genus Pseudoceros from Indian Ocean
Collection: Agatti Island (solar pint, 32m depth), 10°50′28′′N 72°11′30′′E, Lakshadweep, India. 06.5.2019.
Voucher No.: IO/DV/POY/00028 – Holotype
Description: Background body colour cream with an orange median band surrounded by dense patches of purple spots without touching the margin. These dense purple spots tend to disperse and broaden toward posterior end. Marginal rim blue
Biological association: None.
Remarks: None.
Distribution: Lakshadweep Islands, India.
Distribution map:
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Identified by: Sudhanshu Dixit
Publication: Dixit, S., Manjebrayakat, H. & Saravanane, N. 2021. Two new Pseudoceros (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida: Pseudocerotidae) from Agatti Island, India and a species checklist from Indian waters. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 101: 253–263. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315421000151
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