Pseudoceros sp 7

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This species has been observed on Madagascar Islands


Order : Polycladida
Suborder : Cotylea
Superfamily : Pseudocerotoidea
Family : Pseudocerotidae
Distribution : South Africa and Mayotte
Maximal size : 50 mm
Abundance :


Species characteristics :

Background body colour black with irregular longitudinal and transverse narrow streaks becoming wide white transverse streaks towards the margin and intercepting the orange marginal band.

 

Pseudoceros sp7
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Photo Alain-Benoît Rassat
Madagascar, l'Arche, Nosy bé, 27 m, 29 September 2013, size : 50 mm

Remarks :

Newman (2003), considered this species as an undescribed species (Pseudoceros sp 24)

Bibliographic data :

Pseudotentacles are simple folds.

References :

Publications :

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

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