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Flatworm - Pseudoceros bifurcus This Pseudoceros bifurcus has several common names : Racing stripe flatworm, orange-band flatworm, orange tipped flatworm.<br />
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Dorsal surface with a background varying from green-bluish to cream with an intense purple margin without forming a distinctive marginal band. There is orange elongated spot beginning at the cerebral eyespot fading into a white median stripe that ends close to the posterior margin. Cream pseudotentacles formed by simple folds of the anterior margin with numerous ocella. A single cerebral cluster formed by about 30 eyes. Pharynx with elaborated folds. Flatworm,Geotagged,Malapascua,Philippines,Pseudoceros bifurcus,Spring,cebu Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Flatworm - Pseudoceros bifurcus

This Pseudoceros bifurcus has several common names : Racing stripe flatworm, orange-band flatworm, orange tipped flatworm.

Dorsal surface with a background varying from green-bluish to cream with an intense purple margin without forming a distinctive marginal band. There is orange elongated spot beginning at the cerebral eyespot fading into a white median stripe that ends close to the posterior margin. Cream pseudotentacles formed by simple folds of the anterior margin with numerous ocella. A single cerebral cluster formed by about 30 eyes. Pharynx with elaborated folds.

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''Pseudoceros bifurcus'' is a marine flatworm species that belongs to the Pseudocerotidae family.

Similar species: Polycladida
Species identified by Albert Kang
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By Albert Kang

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Uploaded Dec 7, 2016. Captured Apr 4, 2016 17:32 in Unnamed Road, Daanbantayan, Cebu, Philippines.
  • DSC-RX100
  • f/8.0
  • 1/200s
  • ISO200
  • 37.1mm