Pseudoceros goslineri
| Pseudoceros goslineri | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Turbellaria |
| Order: | Polycladida |
| Family: | Pseudocerotidae |
| Genus: | Pseudoceros |
| Species: | P. goslineri |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudoceros goslineri (Newman & Cannon, 1994) | |
Pseudoceros goslineri, the Gosliner flatworm, is a marin Flatworm species that belongs to the Pseudocerotidae family.
Distribution
It is found in the tropical Indo-Pacific, from the eastern cost of Africa to the Micronesia, including the Red Sea.
Habitat
External slope or top on coral reef.
Size
Up to 2 inches (5.1 cm).
Physical characteristics
"External anatomy: Flatworm with irregular and variable color pattern characterized mainly by a cream background mottled with orange, and pink and purple-red dots concentrated medially forming an elongated blotch. The margin consists of purple and pink irregular spots and dots that are more concentrated on the tentacles making the tips a little darker. The ventral side is light violet. Pseudotentacles formed by simple folds of the anterior margin with few marginal eyes. Cerebral cluster made of about 30 eyespots. Presence of a broad folded pharynx. Internal anatomy: The male reproductive system consists of unbranched vas deferens, an elongated seminal vesicle connected to a short and coiled ejaculatory duct, a round prostatic vesicle, and a small stylet housed in a deep antrum. The female system has a deep and tubular female antrum with curved cement pouches and a short vagina directed backwards and surrounded by the cement gland."[1]
Behaviour
Benthic, diurnals, because of its aposematic colors, it has no fear to crawl around to feed.
Feeding
Pseudoceros goslineri feeds on various colonial ascidians.
References
- Leslie Newman & Lester Cannon, "Marine Flatworms",CSIRO publishing,2003,ISBN 0-643-06829-5
- Neville Coleman, "Marine life of Maldives",Atoll editions,2004,ISBN 187-6410-361
- Andrea & Antonnella Ferrrari,"Macrolife",Nautilus publishing,2003,ISBN 983-2731-00-3
- ↑ Author Bolanos Marcela, extract from http://polycladida.lifedesks.org/pages/3088