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词条 Pseudoceros lindae
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  1. Description

  2. Behaviour and feeding

  3. Distribution

  4. Habitat

  5. Bibliography

  6. References

  7. External links

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| name = Pseudoceros lindae
| image = Pseudocerotidae - Pseudoceros lindae.jpg
| image_caption = A live individual of Pseudoceros lindae, in situ off Madagascar
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Platyhelminthes
| classis = Turbellaria
| ordo = Polycladida
| familia = Pseudocerotidae
| genus = Pseudoceros
| species = P. lindae
| binomial = Pseudoceros lindae
| binomial_authority = (Newman & Cannon, 1994)
}}

Pseudoceros lindae, common name Linda's flatworm, is a marine Flatworm species that belongs to the Pseudocerotidae family.

Description

Pseudoceros lindae can reach a length of {{convert|50|-|80|mm}}. The upper surface of the thick and elongated body shows a wine color (burgundy) background with turquoise margins and a variable number oval to round yellow-golden spots. This pattern may vary from one individual to another especially in the density of points. The ventral side is light purple. Each pseudotentacle is formed by a broad simple fold of the anterior margins of the body. Also pharynx is formed by highly elaborated folds. This species is a simultaneous hermaphrodite, so it can make cross fecundation. There is a single male reproductive organ, that penetrates in any part of the mate's body, and the females have a short vagina directed backwards.[1][2]

Behaviour and feeding

These flatworms are benthic and diurnals. Because of their aposematic colors, they have no fear to crawl around to feed. "Pseudoceros lindae" feeds on various colonial ascidians.[2]

Distribution

This species is widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific, from Madagascar and the eastern coast of Africa to Indonesia, Philippines and the Great Barrier Reef of Australia.[1][2]

Habitat

It can be found in the external slope or top coral reef.[2]

Bibliography

  • Leslie Newman & Lester Cannon, 1994 : Pseudoceros and Pseudobiceros (Platyhelminthes, Polycladida, Pseudocerotidae) from Eastern Australia and Papua New Guinea. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, vol. 37, p. 205–266
  • Leslie Newman & Lester Cannon, "Marine Flatworms",CSIRO publishing,2003,{{ISBN|0-643-06829-5}}
  • Neville Coleman, "Marine life of Maldives",Atoll editions,2004,{{ISBN|187-6410-361}}
  • Andrea & Antonnella Ferrrari,"Macrolife",Nautilus publishing,2003,{{ISBN|983-2731-00-3}}

References

1. ^Author Bolanos Marcela Life Desks Marine Flatworms
2. ^World Database of Marine Species {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527101719/http://www.seadb.net/en_Pseudoceros-lindae_173.htm |date=2012-05-27 }}

External links

  • Life Desk, Pseudoceros lindae
  • Discover Life, Pseudoceros lindae
  • Turbellarian taxonomic database, Pseudoceros lindae
  • Nudipixel
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2 : Turbellaria|Animals described in 1994

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