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Tytthosoceros lizardensis Lizard Island Flatworm, Olive Flatworm

Tytthosoceros lizardensis is commonly referred to as Lizard Island Flatworm, Olive Flatworm. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Tytthosoceros lizardensis (Polyclad Flatworm) - Flores, Indonesia, 2012


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lexID:
11906 
AphiaID:
878966 
Scientific:
Tytthosoceros lizardensis 
German:
Lizard Island Strudelwurm, Olivfarbener Strudelwurm 
English:
Lizard Island Flatworm, Olive Flatworm 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Platyhelminthes (Phylum) > Rhabditophora (Class) > Polycladida (Order) > Pseudocerotidae (Family) > Tytthosoceros (Genus) > lizardensis (Species) 
Initial determination:
Newman & Cannon, 1996 
Occurrence:
Africa, Australia, Bali, India, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Singapore, South-Africa 
Sea depth:
- 14 Meter 
Habitats:
Gravel soils, Rubble rocks, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rock crevices, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water, Stony soils, Tide pools / rock pools 
Size:
3.15" - 3.94" (8cm - 10cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, No reliable information available, Predatory 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-12-12 12:52:58 

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Tytthosoceros lizardensis Newman & Cannon, 1996

Tytthosoceros lizardensis is named in honour of the Lizard Island Research Station in Australia.

Usually with deep ruffles. Body mottled brown or olive with white dots forming irregular bars perpendicular to the body edge. Margin comprises fine white outer edge with fine black inner edge. Underside is uniformly pale with a wide brownish margin. It has a pair of erect pseudotentacles on the front of the worm made up of folded edges of the body. Tips of the pseudotentacles are white.Can swim by undulating its body edges.

Synonymised names
Phrikoceros lizardensis (Newman & Cannon, 1996) · unaccepted

External links

  1. National University of Singapore (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Researchgate (en). Abgerufen am 04.06.2024.
  3. Wild Singapore Homepage (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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