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Pseudobiceros hancockanus Polyclad Flatworm

Pseudobiceros hancockanus is commonly referred to as Polyclad Flatworm. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
12252 
AphiaID:
879578 
Scientific:
Pseudobiceros hancockanus 
German:
Strudelwurm 
English:
Polyclad Flatworm 
Category:
Flatworms 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Platyhelminthes (Phylum) > Polycladida (Order) > Pseudocerotidae (Family) > Pseudobiceros (Genus) > hancockanus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Collingwood, ), 1876 
Occurrence:
Australia, Bali, Fiji, Guam, Indonesia, Kenya, Mauritius, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
- 14 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
up to 5.51" (14 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, No reliable information available 
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:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-11-15 13:51:22 

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Pseudobiceros hancockanus (Collingwood, 1876)

Colour: grey, brown to black, with 3 marginal bands (inner orange-middle transparent grey-outer white).Pseudobiceros hancockanus can travel long distances swimming by undulating the edges of its body.

Reproduction:
The whirlworm can reproduce both asexually and sexually. This species is hermaphroditic, meaning that it has both male and female reproductive organs. When two whirlworms reproduce, they fight to decide who will be fertilized and who will be the fertilizer. The winner gets to act as the male individual and fertilize the other.

Synonymised names
Proceros hancockanus Collingwood, 1876 · unaccepted
Prostheceraeus hancockanus (Collingwood, 1876) · unaccepted
Pseudobiceros uniarborensis Newman & Cannon, 1994 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pseudoceros hancockanus (Collingwood, 1876) · unaccepted
Pseudoceros malayensis (Collingwood, 1876) · unaccepted
Stylochopsis malayensis Collingwood, 1876 · unaccepted

External links

  1. Researchgate (en). Abgerufen am 04.06.2024.

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Flatworm,Fiji, Beqa Lagoon, 2008
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Pseudobiceros uniarbonensis, La Reunion 2015
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Pseudoceros hancockanus Copyright Wolfram Sander ,Heron Island,Great Barrier Reef(July 2007)
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Pseudoceros hancockanus Copyright Wolfram Sander ,Heron Island,Great Barrier Reef(July 2007)
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Pseudoceros hancockanus Copyright Wolfram Sander ,Heron Island,Great Barrier Reef(July 2007)
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Pseudoceros hancockanus Copyright Wolfram Sander ,Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef (July 2010)
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copyright Ole Johann Brett, Norwegen
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Pseudobiceros hancockanus, Bali 2023
Pseudobiceros hancockanus Taiwan 2018
Pseudobiceros hancockanus Taiwan 2018

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