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Created 12/12/2020

Family Pseudocerotidae

WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Tytthosoceros nocturnus

Ulua Beach, Maui

 


Heeia, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, 4 feet
   

NOCTURNAL FLATWORM

Uncommon on reefs.  Dark body with white-tipped, ear-like pseudotentacles and prominent dorsal ridge, some animals may have scattered white dots.  Hawaii and possibly the Western Pacific.

http://www.hawaiisfishes.com/inverts/polyclad_flatworms/species/Tytthosoceros_nocturnus.htm