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Pseudobiceros
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"False Gold Rim Flatworm"
photo 1: Honaunau, Hawai`i. (at night)
photo 2: Cory Pittman, Hekili Point, Maui. < 3 ft. Size: 18 mm.
ID from Newman & Cannon CD, where this photo appears. "Background
colour black, with wide cream-yellow median stripe. Marginal band wide,
cream; rim yellow. Pseudotentacles ruffled. "
Similar to Pseudoceros jebborum / paralaticlavus but clearly
belongs in a different genus because of ruffled pseudotentacles and
wavy margins, possibly
Pseudobiceros or Phrikoceros.
Species of such similar appearance are often considered to be examples
of Mullerian
mimicry or Batesian
mimicry There are plenty of other likely mimics on these pages.
This worm
appears in my book as "False Gold Rim Flatworm" because of
its similarity to the "Gold Rim Flatworm" Pseudoceros paralaticlavus.
Known so far from
Hawai`i and Guam (see photos on the Guam
Reef Life website). More
photos of this rare flatworm would be welcome.
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