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Cycloporus papillosus (Sars, 1878)
Elongated worms 11 mm long and 6 mm wide. Body shape elongated with light undulating margins and rounded anterior and posterior ends. Dorsal surface with numerous papillae. Colouration orange, yellowish orange or translucent grey with white patches at the mid-dorsal line.
Habitat: Among seaweeds, sponges and compound ascidians in depths to 60 m.
Cycloporus papillosus is a natural predator of Botrylloides violaceus. This flatworm plaes its egg plates in the folds of this species or under the unattached colony.
Synonymised names:
Cycloporus tuberculatus (Lang, 1880)
Cycloporus tuberculatus (Schmidtlein, 1880)
Planaria schlosseri Girard, 1873
Proceros tuberculatus Schmidtlein, 1880
Thysanozoon brocchii papillosum Sars, 1878
Thysanozoon brocchii var. papillosum Lang, 1884
Thysanozoon papillosum (Sars, 1878)
Direct children:
Subspecies Cycloporus papillosus laevigatus Lang, 1884
Elongated worms 11 mm long and 6 mm wide. Body shape elongated with light undulating margins and rounded anterior and posterior ends. Dorsal surface with numerous papillae. Colouration orange, yellowish orange or translucent grey with white patches at the mid-dorsal line.
Habitat: Among seaweeds, sponges and compound ascidians in depths to 60 m.
Cycloporus papillosus is a natural predator of Botrylloides violaceus. This flatworm plaes its egg plates in the folds of this species or under the unattached colony.
Synonymised names:
Cycloporus tuberculatus (Lang, 1880)
Cycloporus tuberculatus (Schmidtlein, 1880)
Planaria schlosseri Girard, 1873
Proceros tuberculatus Schmidtlein, 1880
Thysanozoon brocchii papillosum Sars, 1878
Thysanozoon brocchii var. papillosum Lang, 1884
Thysanozoon papillosum (Sars, 1878)
Direct children:
Subspecies Cycloporus papillosus laevigatus Lang, 1884
