species: Cycloporus variegatus in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Cycloporus variegatus

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Platyhelminthes
Class Rhabditophora
Order Polycladida
Family Euryleptidae
Genus Cycloporus
Species Cycloporus variegatus

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Lizard Island area: all known taxa

Distinguishing features

Transparent cream with a median yellow/orange stripe and white spots, margin ruffled with yellow spots, tentacles pointed (Newman and Cannon, 2002).

Size

  • Up to 2 cm (length according to Newman and Cannon, 2002)
  • Up to 1 cm (width according to Newman and Cannon, 2002)

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

  • Newman, L. and L.R.G. Cannon (2002). The genus Cycloporus (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida) from Australasian waters, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 50: 287-299. LIRS catalog number 1091.