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worms > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Class Turbellaria > Order Polycladida
Silver-lining flatworm
Pseudoceros cf. prudhoei
Family Pseudocerotidae
updated Feb 2020

Where seen? This black flatworm like a storm cloud with a silver lining is sometimes seen on reefs in our Southern shores.

Features: 5-8cm long. Body black with inner broad white margin and a yellow rim.

Sisters Island, Dec 12
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on flickr

Sisters Island, Jan 10
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on his blog.


Sentosa, May 13
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on flickr.

St John's Island, Sep 07
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on his blog.

Cyrene, Sep 20
Photo shared by Jianlin Liu on facbook.


Terumbu Pempang Laut, Dec 18
Photo shared by Shawne Goh on facebook.

Beting Bemban Besar, Nov 18
Photo shared by Jianlin Liu on facebook.

*Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display.

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.
 
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