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This species has been observed on Reunion, Mayotte and Madagascar Islands

Order : Polycladida Suborder : Cotylea Superfamily : Pseudocerotoidea Family : Pseudocerotidae Distribution : Mayotte and Reunion Islands Maximal size : Abundance : Species characteristics : Background body colour cream-white with three marginal bands : inner band narrow black, then orange and transludide white or cream Presence of a black external marginal band rather than cream on the pseudotentacles Absence of white median longitudinal stripe. Presence in some specimens of irregular white raised spots
	Showing species characteristics...	Photo Eva Fontaine Mayotte, mtsanga Mboueanatsa, less 1 m, 4 August 2008, size : 10 mm

Remarks :

These specimens present some differences with Pseudoceros confusus, it could be undescribed variations of this species or a new species, so for the moment we called this "species" Pseudoceros cf confusus

Bibliographic data :

Pseudotentacles simple folds
   Easely confused with : Pseudoceros confusus, Pseudoceros bimarginatus, Pseudoceros contrarius and Pseudoceros intermittus but there are obvious differences

	P. cf confusus	P. confusus	P. bimarginatus	P. intermittus	P. contrarius
Marginal band coloration from inside to outside	Black, orange and white or cream	(White), black, orange, black and yellow or white	White, orange, black and yellow	Orange, black and yellow	Yellow, black and orange
Median longitudinal stripe	No	White			Yellow
	No black triangle between the pseudotentacles			Black triangle with a white spot between the pseudotentacles	Black triangle between the pseudotentacles

Habitat : Found under rubble on the reef crest

References :

Publications :

Newman, L.J. & Cannon, L.R.G. (1995). Colour pattern variation in the tropical flatworm, Pseudoceros (Platyhelminthes, Polycladida). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 43: 435–446
    Newman, L.J. & Cannon, L.R.G. (2003). Marine Flatworms: the world of Polyclads. CSIRO Publishing : Melbourne 112

Other photos of Pseudoceros cf confusus :

Matthias Deuss Mayotte, 4 August 2009

Christophe Cadet Reunion, Etang salé on the rocky coast, less 1 m, 9 February 2010. Presence in some specimens of numerous irregular white raised spots (a)

Christophe Cadet Reunion, Etang salé on the rocky coast, less 1 m, 28 September 2009.

Eva Fontaine Mayotte, Mbouanatsa, less 1 m, 29 July 2010, size : 13-15 mm Presence in some specimens of numerous irregular white raised spots

Alexandre Laporte Madagascar, Antafondro Lodge, Sainte Marie, less 1 m, 1 September 2017,

Mayotte, Pseudoceros cf confusus without white raised spot, at Mbouanatsa, by Philibert Bidgrain