Pericelis nazahui Ramos-Sánchez, Bahia & Bastida-Zavala, 2020

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 : 40

Pericelis nazahui Ramos-Sánchez, Bahia & Bastida-Zavala, 2020

Pericelis nazahui Ramos-Sánchez et al., 2020: 62–68 , figs 8a–i, 9a–b, 10a–f (type locality: Yerbabuena Beach, Oaxaca, Mexico, 15°44′55.4″ N, 96°7′48.2″ W).

Distribution

Central coast of Oaxaca: Panteón and Yerbabuena beaches and Cacaluta Bay.

Habitat

Benthic, sublittoral (2–10 m). The specimens were collected under rocks, found in groups of two to three individuals per rock and alongside blue sponges, seaweed, polychaetes, and chitons.

Remarks

Pericelis nazahui lacks a reticular or spotted coloring pattern, but has a brown dorsal surface, with the central region of the body, the margin, and the cerebral region appearing slightly grey, whitish, or beige, and two slightly faint beige lines, each line going from the cerebral region to the pseudotentacles. It has a common gonopores, a scarce internal glandular epithelium, and lacks glandular epithelium in the penis papilla. The female reproductive system features paired uterine vesicles.