This species has been observed on Mayotte and Madagascar Islands
Background body colour cream with a distinct orange median stripe Margin wide, purple with an interrupted dark purple band in from de margin |
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See more about : Pseudoceros sp3 variability in Southwest Indian ocean
Remarks :
Newman (2003), considered this species as an undescribed species (Pseudoceros sp 12)
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Marine flatworms of the world : Pseudoceros sp
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Other photos of Pseudoceros sp3 :
Florence Trentin Mayotte, 15 October 2006 The head region showing the cerebral eyes spot (a) 
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Matthias Deuss Mayotte, Passe Sada, 20 m, 19 August 2010 According Françoise Monniot : "The Ascidian species is Eudistoma sp, family of Polycitoridae And Pseudoceros feeds exclusively on colonial ascidians Acccording Mathiass Deuss : " I find it interesting because this ascidian and the flatworm are very common in Mayotte, and I watched this scene four times, always with the same ascidian" |
Sula Corbet Madagascar, Mangili/ifaty, 14 m, 7 August 2014
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More photos from Indian Ocean
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Mayotte, Pseudoceros sp3 crawling on an orange sponge, by Yvon Gildas
Mayotte, Pseudoceros sp3 crawling on a Porites, by Matthias Deuss
Mayotte, Pseudoceros sp3 on its favorite ascidian, by Matthias Deuss