Pseudoceros laingensis Purple-spotted Flatworm, Laing Island Flatworm

Pseudoceros laingensis wird umgangssprachlich oft als Gelber Plattwurm bezeichnet.

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Pseudoceros laingensis,wreck off caban island Tingloy, Batangas, Philippines 2025 (CC-BY-SA)

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AphiaID:: 878929

Scientific:: Pseudoceros laingensis
German:: Purpur-Gepunkteter Strudelwurm, Laing Island Strudelwurm
English:: Purple-spotted Flatworm, Laing Island Flatworm

Category:: Platwormen

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Platyhelminthes (Phylum) > Rhabditophora (Class) > Polycladida (Order) > Pseudocerotidae (Family) > Pseudoceros (Genus) > laingensis (Species)
Initial determination:: Newman & Cannon, 1998

Occurrence:: Bunaken, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Java, Kenya, Lembeh Strait, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Tansania
Sea depth:: Meter
Size:: 0.79" - 2.36" (2cm - 6cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Predatory, Sea squirts
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-05-31 21:57:14
Last edit:: 2022-06-23 19:54:46

Info

Newman & Cannon, 1998

Pseudoceros laingensis has a creme ore pale yellow coloured body with scattered purple spots. Some have very few spots on the body and sometimes without.

External links

Researchgate (en). Abgerufen am 21.02.2024.
Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wild Singapore Homepage (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Pseudoceros laingensis; Aufnahme Rajat Ampat

Pseudoceros laingencis Copyright Bo Davidsson

Pseudoceros laingensis,wreck off caban island Tingloy, Batangas, Philippines 2025 (CC-BY-SA)

Laing Island Flatworm - Pseudoceros laingensis Tanzania 2021

Pseudoceros laingensis (Flatworm) - Bat Cave, Triton Bay, Indonesia, 2019

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