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Yellow-Spotted Flatworm (Tentative ID) Seen in Lankayan Island, Borneo (Oct, 2015). <br />
Also known as Yellow Papillae Polyclad Flatworm, Yellowspot Polyclad Flatworm, and Gold-speckled Flatworm. They feed on ascidians and shelled molluscs, and grow to a length of about 7cm. They feed by placing themselves over their victims and sucking in their prey, through a tube-like extension in its mouth. Flatworms can move fast along the bottom by rapidly oscillating tiny hairs which act like millions of feet that propel them along in an undulating manner. <br />
Habitat: Found singly or in pairs on coral and rocky reef over rubble areas, up to depths of about 20m. Widespread in the Indo-Pacific region.<br />
<a href="http://www.whatsthatfish.com/fish/yellow-papillae-flatworm/790" rel="nofollow">http://www.whatsthatfish.com/fish/yellow-papillae-flatworm/790</a><br />
<a href="http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/8493294" rel="nofollow">http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/8493294</a> Fall,Geotagged,Malaysia,Thysanozoon nigropapillosum,acanthozoon,flat worm Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Yellow-Spotted Flatworm (Tentative ID)

Seen in Lankayan Island, Borneo (Oct, 2015).
Also known as Yellow Papillae Polyclad Flatworm, Yellowspot Polyclad Flatworm, and Gold-speckled Flatworm. They feed on ascidians and shelled molluscs, and grow to a length of about 7cm. They feed by placing themselves over their victims and sucking in their prey, through a tube-like extension in its mouth. Flatworms can move fast along the bottom by rapidly oscillating tiny hairs which act like millions of feet that propel them along in an undulating manner.
Habitat: Found singly or in pairs on coral and rocky reef over rubble areas, up to depths of about 20m. Widespread in the Indo-Pacific region.
http://www.whatsthatfish.com/fish/yellow-papillae-flatworm/790
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/8493294

    comments (4)

  1. You know we need a species name to create an entry. I put it on the queue of species to check :) Posted 8 years ago
    1. Closest I got is this:
      Thysanozoon Nigropapillosum

      Probably not an exact match though.
      Posted 8 years ago
      1. No, it is all black while this one is half white. I found a few like this but they are all identified as Acanthozoon sp. so we are stuck at the genus level.
        http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~bu6/flat0138.html
        http://www.underwaterkwaj.com/uw-misc/flatworm/Acanthozoon-sp1.htm
        http://www.philippine-sea-slugs.com/Look-alike/Platyhelminthes/Acanthozoon_sp_01/Acanthozoon_sp_01_04.htm
        https://www.flickr.com/photos/diverken/379363967/
        https://www.flickr.com/photos/28365950@N03/6700919277
        Posted 8 years ago
        1. Thank you. Yes, I did notice in general image search on Google that so many are at genus level only. Posted 8 years ago

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''Thysanozoon nigropapillosum'' is a species of polyclad flatworms belonging to the family Pseudocerotidae. Some common names include gold-speckled flatworm, marine flatworm, yellow papillae flatworm, yellow-spotted flatworm, and yellow-spotted polyclad flatworm.

Similar species: Polycladida
Species identified by Patomarazul
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Uploaded Apr 18, 2016. Captured Sep 29, 2015 09:42 in Malaysia.
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