Maiazoon orsaki

Maiazoon orsaki

''Maiazoon orsaki'' is a marine flatworm species that belongs to the Pseudocerotidae family.
Flatworm - Maiazoon orsaki The Maiazoon orsaki Flatworm is all yellow in colour with red/orange + black margins. Cebu,Flatworm,Geotagged,Maiazoon orsaki,Malapascua,Philippines,Winter

Appearance

"''Maiazoon orsaki'' possesses a stretched "egg-shaped" body with a ruffled margin, the posterior part of the body is isentagled.
The background color can generally go from transluecnt cream to light brown with a fine median white line. The white line starts back from the eye spots and ends just before the border of the posterior edge.
The circumference of the body is ornated with an orange-brown strip and highlighted on the outside by a fine black line. The ventral face presents a similar color to the dorsal face with the white median line less."

Naming

Orsak flatworm.

Distribution

Tropical Indo-Pacific, from the Archipelagos of Maldives to Micronesia.

Behavior

Benthic, nocturnals.

Habitat

Exposed edge of the reef crest and in boulders covered with coralline algae.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionPlatyhelminthes
ClassRhabditophora
OrderPolycladida
FamilyPseudocerotidae
GenusMaiazoon
SpeciesMaiazoon orsaki
Photographed in
Philippines