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Divided Flatworm

Pseudoceros dimidiatus

Also known as: Dimidiate Flatworm, Tiger Flatworm, Zebra Flatworm

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@fishx6 · Steve's Bommie - Great Barrier Reef, Australia · July 20091 / 7
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Overview

Found singly or in pairs, amongst rubble and sandy areas, of coral and rocky reefs.

Flatworms can move fast along the bottom by rapidly beating tiny hairs which act like millions of feet to propel them along in an undulating manner.
Many flatworms are confused with seaslugs and visa versa.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
stripes
Behaviour
pairssolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-West Pacific
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Found singly or in pairs, amongst rubble and sandy areas, of coral and rocky reefs.

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  • not very much info· 23 Nov 2013

    i like the picture but not enough information

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Taxonomy

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumPlatyhelminthes
  3. orderPolycladida
  4. familyPseudocerotidae
  5. genusPseudoceros
  6. speciesPseudoceros dimidiatus Graff, 1893

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