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


©Mike Bok: Pseudoceros agattiensis from Lizard Island.

©Alastair Freeman: Pseudoceros agattiensis from Challenger Bay at southern end of Ribbon Reef 10. Identified in iNaturalist by Alastair Freeman.

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

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Lizard Island area: all known taxa
Lizard Island Field Guide

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Distinguishing features

Dorsally black or brown with small white spots and three pale pinkish longitudinal stripes, the outer ones with side branches.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

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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

  • Dixit, S., S. Bayyana, H. Manjebrayakath, N. Saravanane and M. Sudhakar (2019). Polyclad fauna of Agatti Island, Lakshadweep, India: new records and description of two new species, Zootaxa, 4657(2): 246-260. LIRS catalog number 90427.