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Class
Turbellaria > Order Polycladida
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| Starry
flatworm Pseudobiceros stellae* Family Pseudocerotidae updated Feb 2020 Where seen? This moderately large flatworm that looks like a starry night sky is sometimes seen, usually in numbers, and then not again for a while. Near living reefs on some of our Southern shores. Features: 4-8cm long. Usually with deep ruffles. Body pale brown to black with white speckles and dots forming clusters of various sizes. A raised dark centre, sometimes with a white speckles and spots forming a white line. On the margin it has an interrupted, narrow white rim formed by white spots. The underside is light greyish-brown with white dots. It has a pair of pseudotentacles that are simple and made up of folded edges of the body, with white tips. |
 Kusu Island, Mar 06 |
 White-tipped pseudotentacles. |
 Pale underside. |
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*Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display.
| Starry flatworms on Singapore shores |
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| Other sightings on Singapore shores |
 White underside with black margin. |
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