Order : Polycladida
Suborder : Acotylea
Superfamily : Stylochoidea
Family : Planoceridae
Distribution : Reunion, Mauritius and...
Maximal size : 70 mm
Abundance :

Species characteristics :

Body almost circular with a highly crenulated margin, translucent, light brown to darker brown, with white and brown irregular spots and dots.

Conspicuous head tentacles, striped brown and cream, ringed by numerous eyes at their base.

Margin sometimes with darker brown coloration

Philippe Bourjon

Reunion, L'Hermitage lagoon, less 1 m, 20 November 2010, size : 60 mm

3 specimens under a rock and their probably spawn (a)

Conspicuous head tentacles, striped brown and cream, ringed by numerous eyes (b) at their base.

Hugues Flodrops

Reunion, Etang salé on the rocky coast, during the night, 28 November 2007, size : 50 mm

May be eating a small seashell (a)

It wraps its body around the seashell pushes out its pharynx and begins a leisurely and uninterrupted feast.

Philibert Bidgrain

Reunion, Trou d'eau lagoon, less 1 m, 27 September 2010, size : 8 mm

Highly crenulated margin, with darker brown (a) coloration

In the female reproductive system, eggs pass down oviducts from the ovaries to the female gonopore for deposit to the outside world.

Many eggs are observed in oviducts (b) of this sexual mature specimen.

Philippe Bourjon

Reunion, La Saline lagoon, less 1 m, 7 November 2010, size : 20 mm

Pharynx (a) situated medially

The gut (b) which in polyclads consist of many tubes each extending away to the edges of the body often repeatedly dividing forming a pattern like the branches of a tree.

Philippe Bourjon

Reunion, La Saline lagoon, less 1 m, 7 November 2010, size : 20 mm

A very transparent specimen, the coloration of the substrate is visible through the body...

The gut (a) which in polyclads forming a pattern like the branches of a tree.