Prostheceraeus

Prostheceraeus
	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
Type species
	Prostheceraeus nigricornus; Schmarda, 1859
Species
	See Taxonomy

Last updated October 19, 2025

Prostheceraeus is a genus of flatworms in the family Euryleptidae.^[3]^[2]

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

References

1 2 3 Schmarda, Ludwig K. (1859). Neue wirbellose Thiere beobachtet und gesammelt auf einer Reise 1853 bis 1857. Band I. Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Erste Hälfte. Leipzig: W. Engelmann. pp. 66 pp, tab 1-8.
1 2 3 4 WoRMS. "Prostheceraeus Schmarda, 1859". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2025-10-18.
↑ Dittmann, Isabel L.; Cuadrado, Daniel; Aguado, Maria Teresa; Noreña, Carolina; Egger, Bernhard (2019-12-01). "Polyclad phylogeny persists to be problematic". Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 19 (4): 585–608. Bibcode:2019ODivE..19..585D. doi:10.1007/s13127-019-00415-1. hdl: 10261/247677 . ISSN 1618-1077.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Lang, Arnold (1884). "Die Polycladen (Seeplanarien) des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeresabschnitte. Eine Monographie. Fauna Flora Golfes Neapel". Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel. 11. Leipzig: W. Engelmann: I–IX + 1–688. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.10545. Archived from the original on 2025-08-17. Retrieved 2025-09-04– via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[Schmarda1859-1] 1 2 3 Schmarda, Ludwig K. (1859). Neue wirbellose Thiere beobachtet und gesammelt auf einer Reise 1853 bis 1857. Band I. Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Erste Hälfte. Leipzig: W. Engelmann. pp. 66 pp, tab 1-8.

[WoRMS2025-2] 1 2 3 4 WoRMS. "Prostheceraeus Schmarda, 1859". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2025-10-18.

[Dittman_et_al2019-3] Dittmann, Isabel L.; Cuadrado, Daniel; Aguado, Maria Teresa; Noreña, Carolina; Egger, Bernhard (2019-12-01). "Polyclad phylogeny persists to be problematic". Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 19 (4): 585–608. Bibcode:2019ODivE..19..585D. doi:10.1007/s13127-019-00415-1. hdl: 10261/247677 . ISSN 1618-1077.

[Lang1884-4] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Lang, Arnold (1884). "Die Polycladen (Seeplanarien) des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeresabschnitte. Eine Monographie. Fauna Flora Golfes Neapel". Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel. 11. Leipzig: W. Engelmann: I–IX + 1–688. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.10545. Archived from the original on 2025-08-17. Retrieved 2025-09-04– via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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