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