This species has been observed on Reunion, Mayotte and Madagascar Islands
Order : Polycladida
Suborder : Cotylea
Superfamily : Pseudocerotoidea
Family : Pseudocerotidae
Distribution :
Australia, Japon, Maldives, Micronesia, Philippines Hawai and Mayotte
Maximal size : 30 mm
Abundance :
Species characteristics :
Background body colour velety black
Marginal band ditinct with the inner band wide, grey-white and the outer band narrow, yellow. |
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Photo Philibert Bidgrain
Mayotte, Mtsanga Guini, less 1 m, 31 Jully 2010, size : 15 mm
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Remarks :
According Leslie Newman, it could be a colour variation of Pseudoceros prudhoei
Bibliographic data :
Easely confused with Pseudoceros prudhoei, Pseudoceros depiliktabub and Pseudobiceros flavocanthus but there are obvious differences :
- But, marginal band with an inner band of sky blue and an outer band of yellow or cream in Pseudoceros prudhoei.
- But,
three marginal bands : inner band dark-green, middle band yellow-cream and rim bright orange in Pseudoceros depiliktabub
- But, purple-blue maginal band becoming white and an outer band bright yellow in Pseudobiceros flavocanthus
Habitat :
Found on the reef crest under rubble
References :
Discover life : Pseudoceros prudhoei
Nudipixel : Pseudoceros prudhoei
Publications :
Newman, L.J. & Cannon, L.R.G. (1994). Biodiversity of Australian polyclad flatworms. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 36: 159–163
Newman, L.J. & Cannon, L.R.G. (1998). Pseudoceros (Platyhelminthes, Polycladida) from the Indo-Pacific with twelve new species from Australia and Papua New Guinea. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 46: 293–323
Newman, L.J. & Cannon, L.R.G. (2003). Marine Flatworms: the world of Polyclads. CSIRO Publishing : Melbourne 112
Other photos of Pseudoceros cf prudhoei :
Eva Fontaine
Mayotte, Mtsanga Jimaweni, less 1 m, 23 October 2008, size : 12 mm
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Philibert Bidgrain
Mayotte, Mtsanga M'Titi Sada, less 1 m, 20 Jully 2010, size : 8-10 mm
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Jean-Marie Gradot
Reunion, Etang Salé on the rocky coast, less 1 m, 29 November 2015, size : 5 mm
A very small specimen...
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More photos from Indian Ocean
Madagascar, Pseudoceros cf prudhoei, at Nosy bé, by Alain-Benoît Rassat
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