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词条 Pseudoceros scriptus
释义

  1. Distribution

  2. Habitat

  3. Size

  4. Physical characteristics

  5. Behaviour

  6. Feeding

  7. External links

  8. Bibliographical References

{{more citations needed|date=September 2012}}{{Taxobox
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Platyhelminthes
| classis = Turbellaria
| ordo = Polycladida
| familia = Pseudocerotidae
| genus = Pseudoceros
| species = P. scriptus
| binomial = Pseudoceros scriptus
| binomial_authority = Newman & Cannon, 1998
}}

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

This species is commonly known as the script flatworm.

Distribution

Tropical Indo-Pacific, from the Archipelago of Maldives to Australia.

Habitat

External slope or top of coral reefs.

Size

Up to {{convert|2|in|cm}}.

Physical characteristics

"External anatomy: Cream yellowish background fading to white towards the margin with irregular black maculae on either side of the median line and an orange marginal band. The ventral side is cream becoming darker towards the margin and a wide orange marginal band. The pseudotentacles are formed by simple folds of the anterior margin. Cerebral cluster with about 40 eyespots. Pharynx is formed by elaborated folds.

Internal anatomy: The male system is formed by unbranched vas deferens, an oblong seminal vesicle, an oval prostatic vesicle, and a short cuticular stylet housed in a deep, folded, and voluminous antrum. The female antrum is shallow with a narrow and short vagina surrounded by the cement glands."[1]

Behaviour

Benthic, diurnals, because of its aposematic colors, it has no fear to crawl around to feed.

Feeding

Pseudoceros scriptus feeds on various colonial ascidians.

External links

  • {{Wikispecies-inline|Pseudoceros scriptus|Pseudoceros scriptus}}
  • Life Desk, Pseudoceros scriptus
  • Discover Life, Pseudoceros scriptus
  • Turbellarian taxonomic database, Pseudoceros scriptus

Bibliographical References

  • 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}}
1. ^Author Bolanos Marcela, extract from http://polycladida.lifedesks.org/pages/3134
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2 : Turbellaria|Animals described in 1998

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