Unidentified flatworm 9
©Anne Hoggett: Unidentified flatworm 9 about 4 mm long found under a slab of intertidal beach rock at Eagle Island near Lizard Island.
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Class
Rhabditophora
Order
Polycladida
Species
Unidentified flatworm 9
Colours
Distinguishing features
This could be Pseudoceros susanae (described by Newman and Anderson in 1997 from the Maldives) based on similarity to photo from Norfolk Island in Newman and Cannon (2003). However, there do not seem to be any records from Australia yet. It also resembles Pseudoceros galatheensis in Riyansky (2021) which is also not recorded from Australia.
Size
- Up to 0.4 cm (Length of photographed specimen)
Synonyms
Similar taxa
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Animalia:
species: Pseudoceros liparus
has a thin purple margin to the elongate central stripe.
