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FLATWORMS : INVERTEBRATES
LINED FLATWORM
(Maritigrella crozieri) < 5 cm / 2 in
hite to reddish ro n od ith distincti el thin dar lines and a white margin. Close-set pseudotentacles.
SPLENDID FLATWORM (Pseudobiceros splendidus) < 5 cm / 2 in
Dark purple to black body with thin purple and orange lines around the margin. Orange-tipped pseudotentacles.
BLACK VELVET FLATWORM (Pseudoceros bolool) < 5 cm / 2 in Uniformly black body and pseudotentacles. Light gray underside. Found mostly in sandy areas. Circumtropical.
RED SPOT BANANA WORM (Order: Acoela) < 5 mm / 0.25 in
Tiny tapering yellow body. Dark red spot at midbody and a attened head. coela at orms ha e no uts.
YELLOW-LINED FLATWORM (Pseudobiceros sp.) < 5 cm / 2 in
Black body with a bright yellow central line and radiating lines towards a yellow margin. Found in the shallows.
CARIBBEAN FLATWORM (Pseudobiceros caribbensis) < 2.5 cm / 1 in Brownish body with darker blotches. Large white spots, concentrated down central line. White pseudotentacles.
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