eastern cape scuba diving
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| Scientific name: |
Thysanozoon brocchii |
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| Common name: |
Carpet flatworm |
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| Taxonomy |
| Phyulm |
Sub Phylum |
Class |
Sub Class |
Order |
Sub Order |
Family |
Sub Family |
Genus |
Species |
| Platyhelminthes |
Turbellaria |
Turbellaria |
Archoophora |
Polycladida |
Cotyela |
Pseudocerotidae |
Not Defined |
Thysanozoon |
Thysanozoon brocchii |
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ShortDescription:
Body pink to brownish with a frilly margin,dorsal surface covered with pink to purple finger-like projections,with both camouflage the animal and increase the surface area available for oxygen exchange
At the front are two folds which resemble rhinophores, and hence this animal is often confused for a nudibranch, especially the gasflame nudibranch which is superficially similar.
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Identification
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| Size: |
20-30mm |
| Behaviour: |
Sluggish moving over reefs |
| Diet: |
Unknown |
| Distribution: |
Cape Town to East Londen |
| Depth: |
Intertidal to 20m |
| Habitat: |
Common onder boulders and rocky reefs |
| Reference: |
- Two Oceans
(A guide to the marine life of Southern Africa)
GM Branch;CL Griffiths;ML Branch;LE Beckley
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Database Statistics
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eastern cape scuba diving
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