species: Pseudoceros imitatus in ALA: LIRS and surrounds using records to Oct. 2021 (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Pseudoceros imitatus


©Barbara Banks: Pseudoceros imitatus at Lizard Island

©Barbara Banks: Pseudoceros imitatus at Lizard Island

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Platyhelminthes
Class Rhabditophora
Order Polycladida
Family Pseudocerotidae
Genus Pseudoceros
Species Pseudoceros imitatus

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Lizard Island area: all known taxa

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Synonyms

Interesting facts

  • This flatworm mimics the toxic nudibranch Phyllidiella pustulosa (Newman and Cannon, 2003)

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

References that assist with identification

  • Newman, L.J. and L.R.G. Cannon (2003). Marine flatworms: The world of polyclads CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Vic.

Other references

  • Newman and L.R.G. Cannon, L.J. (1998). Pseudoceros (Platyhelminthes: Polycladia) from the Indo-Pacific with twelve new species from Australia and Papua New Guinea. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 46(2): 293-323. LIRS catalog number LIRS 699.