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Pseudoceros liparus

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Species of flatworm
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Pseudoceros liparus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Polycladida
Family: Pseudocerotidae
Genus: Pseudoceros
Species: P. bifurcus
Binomial name
Pseudoceros bifurcus
(Prudhoe, 1989)

Pseudoceros bifurcus is a marine flatworm species that belongs to the family Pseudocerotidae.

Common name

Racing stripe flatworm, orange-band flatworm, orange tipped flatworm.

Distribution

Tropical Indo-Pacific, from eastern coast of Africa to Micronesia.

Habitat

Internal slope or top from coral reef.

Size

Up to 2 inches (5.1 cm).

Physical characteristics

"Dorsal surface with a background varying from green-bluish to cream with an intense purple margin without forming a distinctive marginal band. There is an orange elongated spot beginning at the cerebral eyespot fading into a white median stripe that ends close to the posterior margin. Cream pseudotentacles formed by simple folds of the anterior margin with numerous ocella. A single cerebral cluster formed by about 30 eyes. Pharynx with elaborated folds."

Behavior

Benthic, diurnals, because of its aposematic colors, it has no fear to crawl around to feed.

External links

Bibliographical references

  • Leslie Newman & Lester Cannon, "Marine Flatworms",CSIRO publishing,2003,ISBN 0-643-06829-5
  • Neville Coleman, "Marine life of Maldives",Atoll editions,2004,ISBN 187-6410-361
  • Andrea & Antonnella Ferrrari,"Macrolife",Nautilus publishing,2003,ISBN 983-2731-00-3
  1. Author Bolanos Marcela, extract from http://polycladida.lifedesks.org/pages/4224 Archived 2013-06-21 at the Wayback Machine
Taxon identifiers
Pseudoceros bifurcus


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