Damawan 
            flatworm 
            Pseudobiceros damawan 
            Family 
            Pseudocerotidae 
            updated 
            Feb 2020
               
              Where 
            seen? Sometimes seen on remote reefs and also seen by divers 
            on our reefs. 
             
            Features: 8-10cm long. Body mottled 
            grey and white background with tiny black spots. Thin black margin 
            and wider orange margin crossed with white bars. The middle of the 
            body usually raised with a light white stripe along the length. The 
            underside white with a wide orange and thin black margin. It has a 
            pair of  pseudotentacles that are squarish and ruffled on the sides. | 
           
        
       
      
         
           
              
              Sisters Island, Jan 10 
              Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on his 
              flickr. 
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              Pseudotentacles squarish, ruffled on the sided.  
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              Underside white with broad orange 
              and thin black margin. 
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            Kusu Island, Feb 14 
              Photo shared by Heng Pei Yan on her blog. | 
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             Acknowledgements 
            Grateful thanks to Rene Ong for sharing details and identifying  the flatworms on this page. 
             
            Links 
            
              - Pseudobiceros 
                damawan on Encyclopedia of Life, LifeDesks, Marine Flatworms 
                - Polycladida: Technical fact sheet.
 
             
            References 
             
            
              
              - Rene S.L. Ong and Samantha J.W. Tong. 29 October 2018. A preliminary checklist and photographic catalogue of polyclad flatworms recorded from Singapore. Nature in Singapore 2018 11: 77–125
 
              - D. M. Bolaños, B. Q. Gan & R. S. L. Ong. 29 Jun 2016. First records of pseudocerotid flatworms (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida: Cotylea) from Singapore: A taxonomic report with remarks on colour variation.(pdf) The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement No. 34: 130-169  Pp. 130-169.
 
              
              - Newman, L.J. 
                & Cannon, L.R.G. Nine new species of Pseudobiceros (Platyhelminthes: 
                  Polycladida) from Indo-Pacific. Pp. 341-368. in the Raffles 
                Bulletin of Zoology vol 45.
 
               
              - Newman, Leslie 
                and Lester Cannon. 2003. Marine 
                  Flatworms: The World of Polyclads. 
              CSIRO Publishing. 97pp. 
 
              - Kuiter, Rudie 
                H and Helmut Debelius. 2009. World 
              Atlas of Marine Fauna. IKAN-Unterwasserachiv. 723pp.
 
             
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