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Pseudoceros bifurcus Racing-Stripes-Flatworm

Pseudoceros bifurcus is commonly referred to as Racing-Stripes-Flatworm. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
2932 
AphiaID:
879552 
Scientific:
Pseudoceros bifurcus 
German:
Rennstreifen – Strudelwurm 
English:
Racing-Stripes-Flatworm 
Category:
Płazińce 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Platyhelminthes (Phylum) > Rhabditophora (Class) > Polycladida (Order) > Pseudocerotidae (Family) > Pseudoceros (Genus) > bifurcus (Species) 
Initial determination:
Prudhoe, 1989 
Occurrence:
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Comores, Great Barrier Reef, India, Indonesia, Japan, Madagascar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Sulawesi, Tansania, Thailand 
Marine Zone:
Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 
Sea depth:
3 - 38 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
1,8 cm 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Predatory, Sea squirts 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-10-13 15:18:02 

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Pseudoceros bifurcus Prudhoe, 1989

The racing stripes flatworm Pseudoceros bifurcus has a lavender blue or purple blue backround colour with a withe stripe in the mittle of the body.This stripe is purple edged and have a orange patch on the front. Pseudoceros bifurcus have aposematic colors, its diurnal on the reef.
Pseudoceros bifurcus feeds exclusively on colonial ascidians.

External links

  1. Researchgate (en). Abgerufen am 04.06.2024.
  2. Wildsingapore (en). Abgerufen am 04.06.2024.

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