species: Pseudoceros meenae in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Pseudoceros meenae


©Barbara Banks: Pseudoceros meenae at Clam Garden, Lizard Island

©Barbara Banks: Pseudoceros meenae at Clam Garden, Lizard Island

©Barbara Banks: Pseudoceros meenae 15 mm long at Lizard Island. Purple spots are probably marks left following copulation.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Platyhelminthes
Class Rhabditophora
Order Polycladida
Family Pseudocerotidae
Genus Pseudoceros
Species Pseudoceros meenae

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Lizard Island area: all known taxa

Colours

              

Distinguishing features

White centrally, then black band, then orange band, then exterior whitish/transparent band except at anterior end where there the exterior band is black.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

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Comments

This is almost certainly the same species as Pseudoceros sp 8 in the Marine Flatworms app by Jorina van der Westhuizen (accessed 19 Oct 2016).

by Anne Hoggett

Distribution

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References

References that assist with identification

  • Ryanskiy, A. (2021). Marine Flatworms of the Tropical Indo-Pacific. Reef Id Books.

Other references

  • Newman, L.J. and L.R.G. Cannon (1995). Colour variation in the tropical flatworm, Pseudoceros (Platyhelminthes: Polycladia) with descriptions of three new species, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 43(2): 435-446.