''Pseudoceros susanae'' is a marine

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 ...

species that belongs to the

Pseudocerotidae Pseudocerotidae is a family of flatworms which includes the Bedford's flatworm. Pseudocerotidae are simple organisms categorized by their oval bodies and tentacles and bright colors. They use the cilia to glide along surfaces. Most commonly refer ...

family.

Description

''Pseudoceros susanae'' can reach a length of 35–55 mm. It has an enlarged oval shape. The upper surface of the body is orange-red, with a thin middle yellow line and two marginal bluish and violet bands.

Distribution

This species can be found in the

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by th ...

and

Maldives Maldives (, ; dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ, translit=Dhivehi Raajje, ), officially the Republic of Maldives ( dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ, translit=Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, label=none, ), is an archipelag ...

at a depth of about 15 m.

Bibliography

* A new species and new records of Pseudoceros (Turbellaria, Polycladida) from the Maldives. Journal of South Asian Natural History, 2(2), March 1997: 247-255. oological Record Volume 134

References

External links

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Encyclopedia of Life

Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
* Turbellaria Animals described in 1997 {{flatworm-stub