Pseudoceros bimarginatus Double-margined Flatworm

Pseudoceros bimarginatus is commonly referred to as Double-margined Flatworm. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Pseudoceros bimarginatus (Polyclad Flatworm) - Capitancillo Island, Philippines, 2019

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lexID:: 4370
AphiaID:: 483943

Scientific:: Pseudoceros bimarginatus
German:: Doppel-Linien Strudelwurm
English:: Double-margined Flatworm

Category:: Flatorm

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Platyhelminthes (Phylum) > Rhabditophora (Class) > Polycladida (Order) > Pseudocerotidae (Family) > Pseudoceros (Genus) > bimarginatus (Species)
Initial determination:: Meixner, 1907

Occurrence:: Australia, Bunaken, Egypt, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Philippines, Red Sea, Thailand, Western Pacific Ocean
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 0 - 20 Meter
Habitats:: Coral reefs, Lagoons, Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 2.76" - 3.94" (7cm - 10cm)
Temperature:: 73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C)
Food:: Bryozoans (sea mats), Carnivore, 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:: 2012-05-03 09:07:42
Last edit:: 2025-05-18 09:29:34

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Pseudoceros bimarginatus Meixner, 1907

The back ground colour is white or cream.There are three marginal bands from the inner to outer: yellow-green, black and an orange.Some flatworms have also a fine median white line. Pseudoceros bimarginatus have pseudotentacles.

This flatworm feeds on bryozoans.Pseudoceros bimarginatus is common in shallow lagoons and in shallow reefs.

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Jean-Marie GRADOT Pseudoceros bimarginatus (Explored), 2019

Pseudoceros bimarginatus (Polyclad Flatworm) - Capitancillo Island, Philippines, 2019

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