This species has been observed on Reunion and Mayotte Islands
Body almost circular with crenulated margin, translucent, clear with white irregular spots and dots and red-brown regular dots Conspicuous head tentacles orange with white to translucent tip
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Remarks :
This species looks like Paraplanocera sp1 in Fabulous Flatworms (Newman, 2003) but in Newman described the tentacle are translucent, and they are orange with white to translucent tip in our specimens...
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References :
Neville Coleman : World of water: Paraplanocera sp
Nudipixel : Paraplanocera sp (under the name Pericelis sp...)
Marine flatworms of the world : Paraplanocera sp
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Other photos of Paraplanocera sp1 :
Philibert Bidgrain Reunion, Etang salé on the rocky coast, less 1 m, 20 December 2010, size : 50 mm - Pharynx (a) situated medially, small ruffled - Many eggs are observed in oviducts (b) - The gut (c) 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. |
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Philibert Bidgrain Mayotte, Mtsanga M'boueanatsa, less 1 m, 2 August 2008, size : 35-40 mm 2 specimens under a rock... A really orange coloration for this specimen...
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Philibert Bidgrain Reunion, Trou d'eau lagoon, less 1 m, 20 January 2011, size : 30 mm |
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Matthias Deuss Mayotte, 31 December 2009 A pale specimen with transtucent head tentacles (a).
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Philibert Bidgrain Reunion, Etang salé on the rocky coast, less 1 m, 24 February 2009, size : 40 mm . These animals are very fragile, they can easily break A pale specimen with pale orange head tentacles but intense white irregular spots and red-brown regular dots |
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More photos from Indian Ocean
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Reunion, hight concentration of Paraplanocera sp1, at Etang salé, by Philibert Bidgrain
Mayotte, a large Paraplanocera sp1, at Petite Terre, by Olivier Police