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This species has been observed on Mayotte and Madagascar Islands

Order : Polycladida Suborder : Cotylea Superfamily : Euryleptoidea Family : Euryleptidae Distribution : Indo West Pacific. Maximal size : 22 mm Abundance : Species characteristics : Background body colour cream white. Medial area variously patterned : orange to orange-brown to cream spots in a broad to narrow honeycomb pattern a single row of orange dots may only be present. Large purple black (or sometimes creamy brown) spots (or blotches or sometimes as transverse lines) extend from the medial area in transverse rows. Margin and marginal tentacle with small black spots
	Showing species characteristics...	Photo Alain-Benoît Rassat Madagascar, Nosy bé, Sakatia, 8 m, 14 July 2013, size : 30 mm

Bibliographic data :

Pointed marginal tentacles with small eyes scattered and a wide and round cerebral cluster formed by two groups of numerous eyes close to each other.
   The ventral surface has the same pattern without orange spots.
   Habitat : Found under rubble on the reef crest
   Etymology : Fusco=dark; punctatus= spots for its spotted pattern
   Synonymous (according Lifedesk) :
          - Pseudoceros fuscopunctatus, Prudhoe, 1977
          - Eurylepta fuscopunctatus Gosliner, Behrens & Williams, 1996.

References :

Discover life : Maritigrella fuscopunctata
   Nudipixel : Maritigrella fuscopunctata
   Lifedesk : Maritigrilla fuscopunctata

Publications :

Newman, L.J. & Cannon, L.R.G. (2000). A new genus of euryleptid flatworm (Platyhelminthes, Polycladida, Euryleptidae) from the Indo-Pacific. Journal of Natural History 34: 191–205
    Newman, L.J. & Cannon, L.R.G. (2003). Marine Flatworms: the world of Polyclads. CSIRO Publishing : Melbourne 112 p
    Prudhoe, S. (1977). Some polyclad turbellarians new to the fauna of the Australian coasts. Records of the Australian Museum 31: 586–604

Other photos of Maritigrella fuscopunctata :

Maguelone Grateau   Mayotte, North Barrier Reef during spring tides,1.5 m, 28 September 2015

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