Pseudobiceros gloriosus

Pseudobiceros gloriosus
Pseudobiceros gloriosus (flatworm) on Polycarpa aurata (seasquirt).
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Polycladida
Family: Pseudocerotidae
Genus: Pseudobiceros
Species:
P. gloriosus
Binomial name
Pseudobiceros gloriosus
(Newman & Cannon, 1994)


Pseudobiceros gloriosus (common name: the Glorious flatworm) is a benthic marine flatworm species that belongs to the Pseudocerotidae family. It is typically found in the tropical Indo-Pacific, from Eastern Africa to Micronesia, in the top or slope of reefs. It can be up to 3 in. (7.6 cm.) in length, and feeds on a multitude of invertebrates as gastropods and small crustaceans by engulfing their prey whole.