Persian carpet flatworms (Pseudobiceros bedfordi) on the Shores of Singapore

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Persian carpet flatworm
Pseudobiceros bedfordi
Family Pseudocerotidae
updated Oct 08

Where seen? This richly patterned flatworm is more often encountered by divers. It is sometimes in the intertidal near living reefs on our Southern shores.

Features: 8-10cm long. Body with rich patterns of stripes in black, brown and rose pink with tiny white dots. The stripes curve from the centre of the body to the sides. The edges of the body is black with white dots and is usually highly ruffled when the worm is in the water. The underside is pale pink. It has a pair of erect pseudotentacles on the front of the worm made up of folded edges of the body.