Biology:Pseudoceros bifurcus

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Short description: Species of flatworm

Pseudoceros bifurcus
Pseudoceros bifurcus - Blue Pseudoceros Flatworm.jpg
Scientific classification edit
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 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."[1]

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

Wikidata ☰ Q3409678 entry