Pseudoceros caeruleocinctus Sapphire flatworm

Pseudoceros caeruleocinctus wird umgangssprachlich oft als Spahier-Strudelwurm bezeichnet.

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lexID:: 11848
AphiaID:: 483945

Scientific:: Pseudoceros caeruleocinctus
German:: Saphier-Strudelwurm
English:: Sapphire Flatworm

Category:: Flatworms

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Platyhelminthes (Phylum) > Rhabditophora (Class) > Polycladida (Order) > Pseudocerotidae (Family) > Pseudoceros (Genus) > caeruleocinctus (Species)
Initial determination:: Hyman, 1959

Occurrence:: Anilao, Australia, Great Barrier Reef, Marschall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore
Marine Zone:: Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters
Sea depth:: 5 - 15 Meter
Habitats:: Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 4,5 cm
Temperature:: °F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C)
Food:: Carnivore, No reliable information available, Predatory, Sea squirts
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2018-12-16 13:15:11
Last edit:: 2024-06-04 20:47:00

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Pseudoceros caeruleocinctus Hyman, 1959

Body background black to reddish brown. The mantle margin ist bright blue, the outer margin comprising black with a very fine white outermost margin. The underside of Pseudoceros caeruleocinctus is uniformly black with a fine white margin. The body is usually not highly ruffled. It has a pair of erect pseudotentacles at the front made up of folded edges of the body.

Polyclad flatworms are not uncommon on coral reefs and feed mainly on colonial ascidians.

Pseudoceros caeruleocinctus Sapphire flatworm

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