Open AccessDesignation of a lectotype for Pseudoceros kylie Newman & Cannon, 1998 (Platyhelminthes, Polycladida, Pseudocerotidae)
Author(s) -
Kathryn Hall,
R. D. Adlard
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
zootaxa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.621
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1175-5334
pISSN - 1175-5326
DOI - 10.11646/zootaxa.3280.1.4
Subject(s) - turbellaria , biology , typification , flatworm , phylum , zoology , taxonomy (biology) , nomenclature , paleontology , bacteria
Recently, we have been examining the literature relevant to Australian “Turbellaria” (Phylum Platyhelminthes) and have noticed that there was an omission in the paper of Newman & Cannon (1998). In this work, Newman & Cannon proposed several new species of Pseudoceros Lang, 1884. There appears to have been an oversight in the typification of one species, Pseudoceros kylie Newman & Cannon, 1998, in that no types were officially designated. Here we recommend new types, which we propose to designate as lectotype and paralectotypes, based on the material examined by Newman & Cannon in their description. All of this material is deposited currently in the Queensland Museum, Australia.