Pseudobiceros sp 3  

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This species has been observed on Mayotte Island


Order : Polycladida
Suborder : Cotylea
Superfamily : Pseudocerotoidea
Family : Pseudocerotidae
Distribution : Australia, Papua New Guinea, Micronesia, Philippines and Mayotte.
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Species characteristics :

Background body colour cream with well-spaced yellow spots outlined in black

Margin black with smaller yellow spots

Pseudobiceros sp3
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Photo Daniel Budet
Mayotte, August 2009

Remarks :

Newman (2003), considered this species as an undescribed species (Pseudobiceros sp 4)

Bibliographic data :

Similar to Pseudobiceros bedfordi

References :

Marine flatworms of the world : Pseudobiceros sp ou P. sp

Publications :

Newman, L.J. & Cannon, L.R.G. (2003). Marine Flatworms: the world of Polyclads. CSIRO Publishing : Melbourne 112 p

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