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worms > Phylum Platyhelminthes >
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Turbellaria > Order Polycladida
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| Fine-lined
flatworm awaiting identification* Family Pseudocerotidae updated Jan 09 Where seen? This flatworm in pajamas is rarely seen on the intertidal. Features: 8-10cm long. Brown with an intricate pattern of fine white parallel lines from the centre of the body to the sides. The edge of the body is highly ruffled.The underside is plain pink. It has a pair of erect pseudotentacles at the front made up of folded edges of the body. According to Leslie Harris, this is probably NOT Pseudobiceros fulgor as the arrangement and size of the lines and the margin are too different. On the other hand, it does not match anything else so far commonly recorded elsewhere. |
 Pulau Semakau, Jan 09 |
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Fine-lined flatworms on Singapore shores
 Chek Jawa, Jul 02 |
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 Kusu Island, Jun 08 |
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 Pulau Semakau, Feb 08 |
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 Chek Jawa, Jun 03 |
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Acknowledgement With grateful thanks to Leslie H. Harris of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County for comments on this worm. References
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CSIRO Publishing. 97pp.|
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