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| worms > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Class Turbellaria > Order Polycladida |
| Yellow-lined
flatworm Pseudoceros sp. 3* Family Pseudocerotidae updated Feb 2020 Where seen? This small flatworm is sometimes seen on some of our shores, on coral rubble near living reefs. Features: 2-4cm long. Body light bluish-white to bluish (not solid blue and not white). One central line that is yellow with dark blue border. Has a pair of pseudotentacles made up of simple folded edges of the body. Sometimes mistaken for similar flatworms. Here's more on how to tell apart small flatworms with one central line and three central lines. |
 With a blue-and-yellow line. Chek Jawa, Oct 03 |
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*Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display.
| Yellow-lined flatworms on Singapore shores |
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| Other sightings on Singapore shores |
| Acknowledgement Grateful thanks to Rene Ong for sharing details and identifying the flatworms on this page. References
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