Alder's Acanthozoon
Acanthozoon alderi
KATO'S FLATWORM
Phrikoceros katoi
- Max size
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- Found in
- 12 regions
How to recognise it
- Colours
- whiteorange
- Pattern
- Blotches or dots
Body elongate oval with a few marginal ruffles, raised medially. Background color orange, lighter medially and more intense at margin; dorsum excluding margin covered with a multitude of minute white dots that tend to coalesce in irregular clusters; margin contains irregular white transverse streaks and spots, most of which do not reach to edge. Pseudotentacles square and laterally ruffled. Cerebral eyes in a circular cluster.
It is found in coral rubble and Halimeda kanaloana beds. Phrikoceros katoi feeds on colonial sea squirts.
Similar species
© Ewout KnoesterCC BY-SA 4.0 · iNaturalist
Brilliant flatworm
Pseudobiceros fulgor
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Broadstriped Flatworm
Pseudoceros paralaticlavus
© Libby KeatleyCC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist
Candy Striped Flatworm
Prostheceraeus vittatus
Cryptic Flatworm
Pseudobiceros kryptos
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Double-margined Flatworm
Pseudoceros bimarginatus
Questions
Is KATO'S FLATWORM dangerous?
KATO'S FLATWORM has no known danger to humans. However, always observe marine life responsibly.
