Summary
Pseudoceros bifurcus is a marine flatworm species that belongs to the family Pseudocerotidae.
| Pseudoceros liparus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Polycladida |
| Family: | Pseudocerotidae |
| Genus: | Pseudoceros |
| Species: | P. bifurcus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudoceros bifurcus (Prudhoe, 1989)
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Common name edit
Racing stripe flatworm, orange-band flatworm, orange tipped flatworm.
Distribution edit
Tropical Indo-Pacific, from eastern coast of Africa to Micronesia.
Habitat edit
Internal slope or top from coral reef.
Size edit
Up to 2 inches (5.1 cm).
Physical characteristics edit
"Dorsal surface with a background varying from green-bluish to cream with an intense purple margin without forming a distinctive marginal band. There is orange elongated spot beginning at the cerebral eyespot fading into a white median stripe that ends close to the posterior margin. Cream pseudotentacles formed by simple folds of the anterior margin with numerous ocella. A single cerebral cluster formed by about 30 eyes. Pharynx with elaborated folds."[1]
Behavior edit
Benthic, diurnals, because of its aposematic colors, it has no fear to crawl around to feed.
External links edit
- Life desk, Pseudoceros bifurcus
- Discover Life, Pseudoceros bifurcus
Bibliographical references edit
- Leslie Newman & Lester Cannon, "Marine Flatworms",CSIRO publishing,2003,ISBN 0-643-06829-5
- Neville Coleman, "Marine life of Maldives",Atoll editions,2004,ISBN 187-6410-361
- Andrea & Antonnella Ferrrari,"Macrolife",Nautilus publishing,2003,ISBN 983-2731-00-3
- ^ Author Bolanos Marcela, extract from http://polycladida.lifedesks.org/pages/4224 Archived 2013-06-21 at the Wayback Machine