Pseudobiceros mikros Small Flatworm

Pseudobiceros mikros is commonly referred to as Small Flatworm. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Flatworm - Pseudobiceros mikros, 2013

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AphiaID:: 878958

Scientific:: Pseudobiceros mikros
German:: Kleiner Strudelwurm
English:: Small Flatworm

Category:: Flatworms

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Platyhelminthes (Phylum) > Polycladida (Order) > Pseudocerotidae (Family) > Pseudobiceros (Genus) > mikros (Species)
Initial determination:: Newman & Cannon, 1997

Occurrence:: Endemic species, Indo Pacific, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea
Sea depth:: 0 - 3 Meter
Habitats:: Rubble floors, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 2,5 cm
Temperature:: °F - 68 °F (°C - 20°C)
Food:: Carnivore, No reliable information available, Predatory, Sea squirts
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2019-02-07 13:04:21
Last edit:: 2024-12-05 16:25:38

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Pseudobiceros mikros Newman & Cannon, 1997

Background transparent, mottled brown and grey, interspersed with whtie spotts becoming a solid white band marginally , narry bright yellow rim. White triangle between the pseudotentacles.

Found on similarly coloured colonial ascidians (appeared to be feeding) under rubble.

"mikros" = small, for its relatively small size.

External links

The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 1997 (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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