| 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 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Polycladida |
| Suborder: | Cotylea |
| Family: | Euryleptidae |
| Genus: | Prostheceraeus Schmarda, 185912 |
| Type species | |
| Prostheceraeus nigricornus | |
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See Taxonomy | |
Prostheceraeus is a genus of flatworms in the family Euryleptidae.32
Taxonomy
The following species are recognised in the genus Prostheceraeus:2
- P. albicinctus Lang, 18844
- 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, 18844
- P. maculosus (Verrill, 1892)
- P. meleagrinus (Kelaart, 1858)
- P. moseleyi Lang, 18844
- P. nigricornus Schmarda, 18591
- P. panamensis Woodworth, 1894
- P. pseudolimax Lang, 18844
- P. roseus Lang, 18844
- P. rubropunctatus Lang, 18844
- P. violaceus (Delle-Chiaje, 1822)
- P. vittatus (Montagu, 1815)
- P. zebra Hyman, 1955
References
References
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.