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Pseudoceros

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Pseudoceros is a genus of the flatworms Platyhelminthes.

Species

ニセツノヒラムシ属

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumPlatyhelminthes
  3. ClassTurbellaria
  4. OrderPolycladida
  5. FamilyPseudocerotidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded5,652

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
234
With media
44
Family
Pseudocerotidae
Collections
USNM, CAS, YPM, NHMUK, QM
Recorded in
French Polynesia, United States, Philippines, Seychelles, Mexico, New Zealand, Palau, South Africa

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Pseudocerotidae
Image
Pseudocerotidae - Pseudoceros ferrugineus.jpg
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Commons category
Pseudoceros
taxon name
Pseudoceros
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Pseudoceros
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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • Description
  • Distribution
  • Reproduction
  • History & taxonomy
  • Species
  • References
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Pseudoceros is a genus of the flatworms Platyhelminthes.

== Description == Easily recognized features within the genus include a ruffled pharynx, branched intestines, and tentacles on the leading edge.  The tentacles may act as chemoreceptors and may also have primitive eyes, simple light-sensitive cells, on them. The Polyclad worms are acoelomates and bilaterally symmetrical.

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