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| worms > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Class Turbellaria > Order Polycladida |
| Olive
flatworm awaiting identification* updated Jun 09 Where seen? Many of this large greenish brown flatworm were seen on Tanah Merah at night, among seaweeds growing on coral rubble or crawling on the bottom. Features: 8-10cm. Body often with a thick ridge along the centre length of the body. Colours mottled brown or dark-green with white dots forming irregular bars along the body edges. A black line along the body edge which is usually held highly ruffled when the worm is in the water. The underside is pale and plain. It has a pair of erect pseudotentacles on the front of the worm made up of folded edges of the body. It can swim by undulating its body edges. |
 Tanah Merah, May 09 |
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Olive flatworms on Singapore shores
 Tanah Merah, Jul 09 |
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 Kusu Island, Sep 09 |
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 Tanah Merah, Jun 09 |
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 Tanah Merah, May 09 |
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 Tanah Merah, Jun 09 |
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*Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
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