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Flatworms of Zihuatanejo

FAMILY DIPOSTHIDAE

Pseudoceros Flatworms

Pseudoceros (Genus)

-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Flatworms (Phylum Platyhelminthes)

-Subphylum Rhabditophora

-Polyclad Flatworms (Order Polycladida)

-Suborder Cotylea

-Family Pseudocerotidae

-Genus Pseudoceros


Pseudoceros is a genus of marine flatworms in the family Pseudocerotidae, commonly found on tropical coral reefs. These polyclad flatworms are dorsoventrally flattened, soft-bodied, and leaf-like in shape They move by gliding smoothly over surfaces using tiny cilia on their undersides and muscular undulations along the body margin. Unlike parasitic flatworms, Pseudoceros species are free-living predators, feeding on small invertebrates such as ascidians, sponges, or other sessile organisms.

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