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Acanthozoon sp.01 Papillate flatworm

Acanthozoon sp.01 is commonly referred to as Papillate flatworm. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
8256 
AphiaID:
415002 
Scientific:
Acanthozoon sp.01 
German:
Strudelwurm 
English:
Papillate Flatworm 
Category:
Flatworms 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Platyhelminthes (Phylum) > Polycladida (Order) > Pseudocerotidae (Family) > Acanthozoon (Genus) > sp.01 (Species) 
Initial determination:
Collingwood, 1876 
Occurrence:
Philippines 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
1.77" - 3.94" (4.5cm - 10cm) 
Temperature:
68 °F - 80.6 °F (20°C - 27°C) 
Food:
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:
2024-04-11 20:44:58 

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Acanthozoon

The genus Acanthozoon have small raised papillae on the dorsum and ruffled edges. Their body is elongate and oval. They have smallear-like pseudo-tentacles. Because of their papillaed upper surface, they are easily confused with Thysanozoon flatworms.Flatworms genus Acanthozoon have only a single male copulative organ contrary to Thysanozoon (have two).

Acanthozoon flatworms live in warm tropical marine waters. They are benthic and carnivorous.

The photo was taken on the philippines.

External links

  1. Seaslugs.free.fr (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. UnderwaterKwaj, Homepage Scott & Jeanette Johnson (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Wikipedia englisch (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Acanthozoon sp. (Polyclad Flatworm) - Anilao, Philippines, 2011
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Acanthozoon sp.Copyright Henning Wiese
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Acanthozoon sp.Copyright Henning Wiese
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Acanthozoon sp.01
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