Order : Polycladida
Suborder : Cotylea
Superfamily : Pseudocerotoidea
Family : Pseudocerotidae
Distribution : Indo West Pacific
Maximal size : 30 mm
Abundance :

Species characteristics :

Body translucent, mottled cream and brown with scattered white dots.

Dorsal papillae numerous and round with black or brown tips

The pseudotentacles are black and white

Marina Poddubetskaia

Reunion, "Les Arches", St-Leu, 11 m, 10 October 2002, size 30 mm

Found in a dead corail.

A pale brown specimen with darker tip on the dorsal papillae

This specimen is one of the specimen use to illustrate the diversity of this species under the name of Acanthozoon or Thysanozoon sp5 by Leslie Newman in "Fabulous flatworms, a guide to marine polyclads"

Philibert Bidgrain

Reunion, La Saline lagoon, less 1 m, 3 March 2010, size : 15 mm

Body translucent, mottled cream and brown with scattered white dots (a)

Philibert Bidgrain

Mayotte, mtsanga m'titi sada, less 1 m, 15 July 2010, size : 10-12 mm

A small specimen with few tubercles

Philibert Bidgrain
           - Reunion, Etang salé, on the rocky coast, less 1 m, 16 June 2010, size : 25-30 mm
           - A pale grey specimen wihout obvious pseudotentacles...may be there are been eaten by a predator !!!!!

Philibert Bidgrain

Mayotte, Mtsanga M'titi Sada, less 1 m, 15 July 2010, size : 15-18 mm

Some dorsal papillae are elongated and pointed (a)

Philibert Bidgrain

Reunion, Trou d'eau lagoon, less 1 m, 11 October 2010, size : 20-22 mm

A pale brown specimen with darker tip on some dorsal papillae

Geoffrey Summers

Mauritius,Pointe d'esny, less 1 m , size : 30 mm

Evening at low tide, in rock pool.