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| worms > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Class Turbellaria > Order Polycladida |
| Triple-striped
flatworm Pseudoceros tristriatus* updated Oct 10 Where seen? This small white flatworm with three blue lines in the centre of it body is regularly encountered on many of our shores, on coral rubble near living reefs. Features: 2-4cm long. There is a pair of erect pseudotentacles at the front made up of folded edges of the body, although not always obvious. |
 Raffles Lighthouse, Aug 06 |
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Three stripe flatworms on Singapore shores
 Sisters Island, Jan 06  |
 St. John's Island, Jan 06  |
 Pulau Hantu, Mar 06  |
*Tentative identification. Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display.
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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 and its identification. References
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CSIRO Publishing. 97pp.
. IKAN-Unterwasserachiv. 723pp.|
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