Pseudobiceros kryptos Cryptic Flatworm

Pseudobiceros kryptos is commonly referred to as Cryptic Flatworm. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Pseudobiceros kryptos - Raja Ampat, Indonesia 2011

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lexID:: 5560
AphiaID:: 878957

Scientific:: Pseudobiceros kryptos
German:: Kryptischer Strudelwurm
English:: Cryptic Flatworm

Category:: Plathelminthes

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Platyhelminthes (Phylum) > Rhabditophora (Class) > Polycladida (Order) > Pseudocerotidae (Family) > Pseudobiceros (Genus) > kryptos (Species)
Initial determination:: Newman & Cannon, 1997

Occurrence:: Australia, Bunaken, Great Barrier Reef, Hawaii, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Lord Howe Island, Marschall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Queensland (Australia), Solomon Islands, Sulawesi, Tansania, Vanuatu
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:: - 2 Meter
Habitats:: Lagoons, Reef combs, Reef ridges, Reef slopes, Rubble, Rubble floors, Seawater, Sea water, Under rocks
Size:: up to 1.57" (4 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C)
Food:: Carnivore, No reliable information available, Sea squirts
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-06-01 15:01:13
Last edit:: 2024-12-05 15:46:03

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Pseudobiceros kryptos Newman & Cannon, 1997

Background colour is variable, may be mottled olive green to lime green and white, large irregular brown and olive green spots on the margin. Large irregular orange-brown spots and white dots scattered over dorsal surface.

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

Hawaiisfishes.com (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg (en). Abgerufen am 05.12.2024.

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