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Pseudoceros zebra Zebra Flatworm

Pseudoceros zebra is commonly referred to as Zebra Flatworm. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Pseudoceros zebra,Nosy Sakatia Island, Madagascar 2019


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lexID:
6939 
AphiaID:
484017 
Scientific:
Pseudoceros zebra 
German:
Zebra Plattwurm 
English:
Zebra Flatworm 
Category:
Турбелярий (ресничные черви) 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Platyhelminthes (Phylum) > Rhabditophora (Class) > Polycladida (Order) > Pseudocerotidae (Family) > Pseudoceros (Genus) > zebra (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Leuckart, ), 1828 
Occurrence:
Australia, Indonesia, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion , South-Africa, Tansania 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Size:
1,3 cm 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, No reliable information available, Predatory 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
:
 
More related species
in this lexicon
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-11-04 17:08:13 

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Pseudoceros zebra (Leuckart, 1828)

This species mimics the color pattern of the nudibranch Goniobranchus fidelis. This nudibranch have toxic chemicals in their skin, because of that it is relatively safe from predators.Mimicry protects this flatworm."zebra" means the striped pattern on the body of this flatworm.

Reproduction:
The whirlworm can reproduce both asexually and sexually. This species is hermaphroditic, meaning that it has both male and female reproductive organs. When two whirlworms reproduce, they fight to decide who will be fertilized and who will be the fertilizer. The winner gets to act as the male individual and fertilize the other.

External links

  1. Seaslugs.free.fr (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. treatment.plazi.org (en). Abgerufen am 04.11.2023.

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