Notocomplana mexicana (Hyman, 1953)

Ramos-Sánchez, Mariela, 2024, The polyclads (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida) from the Tropical Eastern Pacific: Commented checklist and description of a new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 962 (1), pp. 1-67 : 23

Notocomplana mexicana (Hyman, 1953)

Phaenocelis mexicana Hyman, 1953a: 298–300 , figs 34–36 (type locality: Miramar Beach, Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico).

Phaenocelis mexicana – Brusca 1980: 69–71, fig. 4.5 (identification keys); 2005: 69 (checklist). Notocomplana mexicana – Faubel 1983: 114 (new combination, identification keys).

Distribution

Portuguese Bend, California; San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California Sur, Miramar Beach, Guaymas; San Carlos Bay, Sonora, Mexico.

Habitat

Benthic.

Remarks

Notocomplana mexicana is characterized by marginal eyes distributed in the first third of the body, cerebro-tentacular eyes, and a pharynx oriented towards the anterior region of the body. Its reproductive system features a seminal vesicle and a tubular prostatic vesicle, spermiducal ducts and vesicles, short penis papilla, and elongated Lang’s vesicle oriented towards the posterior region of the body. Hyman (1953a) described the species as Phaenocelis mexicana ; while Faubel (1983) transferred the species to the genus Notocomplana ; however, he did not establish the criteria for this reassignment.