Pseudobiceros bedfordi Persian Carpet Flatworm, Elegant Flatworm

Pseudobiceros bedfordi is commonly referred to as Persian Carpet Flatworm, Elegant Flatworm. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

3101 

AphiaID:

484019 

Scientific:

Pseudobiceros bedfordi 

German:

Bedford´s Plattwurm, Perserteppich Strudelwurm 

English:

Persian Carpet Flatworm, Elegant Flatworm 

Category:

Plathelminthes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Platyhelminthes (Phylum) > Rhabditophora (Class) > Polycladida (Order) > Pseudocerotidae (Family) > Pseudobiceros (Genus) > bedfordi (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Laidlaw, ), 1903 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Caroline Island, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Gilbert Islands, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Kiribati, Lembeh Strait, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Micronesia, Mozambique, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Raja Amat, Red Sea, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam, West Papua  

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:

0 - 11 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Marine / Salt Water, On living corals, Reef-associated 

Size:

3.15" - 3.94" (8cm - 10cm) 

Temperature:

77 °F - 30,1 °F (25°C - 30,1°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, No reliable information available, Predatory 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Pseudobiceros bajae
  Gesprenkelter Strudelwurm
• 
  Pseudobiceros bedfordi
  Bedford´s Plattwurm, Perserteppich Strudelwurm
• 
  Pseudobiceros brogani
  Strudelwurm
• 
  Pseudobiceros damawan
  Damawan Strudelwurm
• 
  Pseudobiceros flavocanthus
  Strudelwurm
• 
  Pseudobiceros flowersi
  Flowers Strudelwurm
• 
  Pseudobiceros fulgor
  Feinlinien-Strudelwurm. Blitz-Strudelwurm
• 
  Pseudobiceros gloriosus
  Prächtiger Strudelwurm
• 
  Pseudobiceros gratus
  Angenehmer Strudelwurm
• 
  Pseudobiceros hancockanus
  Strudelwurm
• 
  Pseudobiceros hymanae
  Hymans Strudelwurm
• 
  Pseudobiceros kryptos
  Kryptischer Strudelwurm
• 
  Pseudobiceros mikros
  Kleiner Strudelwurm
• 
  Pseudobiceros pardalis
  Leopardstrudelwurm
• 
  Pseudobiceros sp.01
  Strudelwurm
• 
  Pseudobiceros sp.02
  Strudelwurm
• 
  Pseudobiceros sp.04
  Strudelwurm
• 
  Pseudobiceros sp.05
  Strudelwurm
• 
  Pseudobiceros sp.06
  Strudelwurm
• 
  Pseudobiceros sp.07
  Strudelwurm
• 
  Pseudobiceros sp.08
  Strudelwurm
• 
  Pseudobiceros sp.09
  Strudelwurm
• 
  Pseudobiceros sp.10
  Strudelwurm
• 
  Pseudobiceros sp.11
  Strudelwurm
• 
  Pseudobiceros sp.12
  Strudelwurm
• 
  Pseudobiceros sp.13
  Strudelwurm
• 
  Pseudobiceros sp.14
  Gelblinien Strudelwurm
• 
  Pseudobiceros sp.15
  Strudelwurm
• 
  Pseudobiceros sp.16
  Strudelwurm
• 
  Pseudobiceros splendidus
  Orange-Rand Strudelwurm
• 
  Pseudobiceros stellae
  Sternenhimmel-Strudelwurm, Stellas Strudelwurm
• 
  Pseudobiceros uniarborensis
  Strudelwurm
• 
  Pseudobiceros wirtzi
  Wirtz-Strudelwurm

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2010-04-18 00:08:53 

Last edit:

2025-10-22 20:46:58 

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