Prostheceraeus
Genus of flatworms
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Prostheceraeus is a genus of flatworms in the family Euryleptidae.[3][2]
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| Prostheceraeus | |
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| From the left to right of each row, from top to bottom: Prostheceraeus roseus, Prostheceraeus vittatus, Prostheceraeus moseleyi, Prostheceraeus giesbrechtii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Polycladida |
| Suborder: | Cotylea |
| Family: | Euryleptidae |
| Genus: | Prostheceraeus Schmarda, 1859[1][2] |
| Type species | |
| Prostheceraeus nigricornus | |
| Species | |
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See Taxonomy | |
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Taxonomy
The following species are recognised in the genus Prostheceraeus:[2]
- P. albicinctus Lang, 1884[4]
- P. anomalus Haswell, 1907
- P. argus (Quatrefage, 1845)
- P. boucheti Prudhoe, 1989
- P. crisostomum Cuadrado, Rodriguez, Moro, Grande & Noreña, 2021
- P. crozieri (Hyman, 1939)
- P. fitae Soutullo, Cuadrado & Noreña, 2021
- P. flavomarginatus (Ehrenberg, 1831)
- P. floridanus Hyman, 1955
- P. fuscolineatus Dixit, Raghunathan & Chandra, 2017
- P. giesbrechtii Lang, 1884[4]
- P. maculosus (Verrill, 1892)
- P. meleagrinus (Kelaart, 1858)
- P. moseleyi Lang, 1884[4]
- P. nigricornus Schmarda, 1859[1]
- P. panamensis Woodworth, 1894
- P. pseudolimax Lang, 1884[4]
- P. roseus Lang, 1884[4]
- P. rubropunctatus Lang, 1884[4]
- P. violaceus (Delle-Chiaje, 1822)
- P. vittatus (Montagu, 1815)
- P. zebra Hyman, 1955