species: Pseudoceros sp. 1 in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)

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Pseudoceros sp. 1

©Barbara Banks: Pseudoceros sp. 1 at Lizard Island.

Kingdom Animalia

Phylum Platyhelminthes

Class Rhabditophora

Order Polycladida

Family Pseudocerotidae

Genus Pseudoceros

Species Pseudoceros sp. 1

Colours

Black with many small orange spots, a white submarginal band, and a thin orange marginal band.

Dr Leslie Newman thinks this is an undescribed species of Pseudoceros.

It may be the same species as Pseudoceros sp 27 in the Marine Flatworms app by Jorina van der Westhuisen accessed 19 Oct 2016.

by Anne Hoggett