''Amakusaplana acroporae'', the ''Acropora''-eating flatworm or AEFW, is a species of free-living marine

polyclad The Polycladida represents a highly diverse clade of free-living marine flatworms. They are known from the littoral to the Sublittoral zone, sublittoral zone (extending to the deep hot vents), and many species are common from coral reefs. Only a ...

flatworm The flatworms, flat worms, Platyhelminthes, or platyhelminths (from the Greek πλατύ, ''platy'', meaning "flat" and ἕλμινς (root: ἑλμινθ-), ''helminth-'', meaning "worm") are a phylum of relatively simple bilaterian, unsegment ...

s in the genus ''

Amakusaplana ''Amakusaplana'' is a genus of free-living marine polyclad flatworms in the family Prosthiostomidae. Species * '' Amakusaplana acroporae''Taxonomy and life history of the Acropora-eating flatworm Amakusaplana acroporae nov. sp. (Polycladida ...

''. This species preys on the genus ''

Acropora ''Acropora'' is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria. Some of its species are known as table coral, elkhorn coral, and staghorn coral. Over 149 species are described. ''Acropora'' species are some of the major reef corals r ...

'' in

reef aquarium A reef aquarium or reef tank is a marine aquarium that prominently displays live corals and other marine invertebrates as well as fish that play a role in maintaining the tropical coral reef environment. A reef aquarium requires appropriately ...

s.Things that Suck: ''Acropora'' Eating Flatworms
by Mitch Carl, in ReefKeeping online magazine

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