Phrikoceros fritillus flatworm

Phrikoceros fritillus is commonly referred to as flatworm. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Jean-Marie Gradot, La Reunion

Phrikoceros fritillus, Merveilles des lagons de La Réunion 2019

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lexID:: 11933
AphiaID:: 878908

Scientific:: Phrikoceros fritillus
German:: Strudelwurm
English:: Flatworm

Category:: Flatworms

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Platyhelminthes (Phylum) > Polycladida (Order) > Pseudocerotidae (Family) > Phrikoceros (Genus) > fritillus (Species)
Initial determination:: Newman & Cannon, 1996

Occurrence:: Australia, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Mayotte, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Réunion , Western Indian Ocean
Sea depth:: 1 - 30 Meter
Size:: 0.39" - 0.79" (1,0cm - 2,2cm)
Temperature:: °F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Predatory, Sea squirts
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2019-01-27 19:49:51
Last edit:: 2019-01-27 20:02:18

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Phrikoceros fritillus Newman & Cannon, 1996

Phrikoceros fritillus has a cream background with tiny clusters of brown microdots evenly scattered over the dorsal surface, but not extending to the margin, reason why the margin has a wide cream band.

Feeding on cream colonial ascidians.

External links

Philippinen Sea Slugs (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Seaslugs.free.fr (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Phrikoceros fritillus, Merveilles des lagons de La Réunion 2019

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