Flatworm
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Introduction
One type of flatworm encountered in marine aquariums are acoel flatworms and Acropora eating flatworms
A group of large, free-living marine flatworms which are mainly found in tropical coral reefs, not related to molluscs but are often mistaken for sea slugs because of their brilliant colour patterns.
Classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Platyhelminthes Class: Turbellaria Order: Polycladida
Gallery
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Close up
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Acropora sp. eating flatworm, see: Acropora Eating Flatworms
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Flatworm from Microscope
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Close up coral eating flatworm
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Infestation of coral eating flatworms on a Euphyllia glabrescens
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Infestation of coral eating flatworms and eggs on the underside of a Euphyllia sp. colony.
Resources
- Are All Flatworms Bad? by Rob Toonen - Reefs.org
- Reefkeeper's Guide to Invertebrate Zoology Part 4: Flat and Ribbon Worms (Platyhelminthes and Nemertea) by Rob Toonen - Aquarium.net
- Flatworms by Ronald Shimek - Aquarium Frontiers Online
- Flatworm Eradication - Reefs.org
- Aquarium flatworm under microscope - YouTube
- Flatworms, including "Planaria" & Marine Aquariums - WetWebMedia
- Chelidonura varians: the flatworm eating machine - Advanced Aquarist's Online Magazine
- Marine Flatworms of the World
- Order: Polycladida - Nudi Pixel
- wikipedia:Polycladida
