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Persian Carpet Flatworm

Roundworms and Flatworms

The Persian carpet flatworm is a brightly patterned marine flatworm of Indo-Pacific coral reefs, from Indonesia and Malaysia to Australia, the Philippines, and Micronesia, growing to about 8 to 10 centimeters. Its dark brown to black body is crossed with pink lines and studded with thousands of tightly packed yellow spots, edged with ruffled margins and a pair of small sensory pseudotentacles at the front. It swims by undulating its flattened body and feeds on sea squirts and small crustaceans on coral rubble and reef ledges, and as a hermaphrodite it mates through a competitive behavior called penis fencing, in which two individuals try to inseminate each other while avoiding being inseminated themselves.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Carnivore 1
System (Realm)
Marine 2
Relationship to People
No Significant Interaction with Humans 1
Scientific Name
Pseudobiceros bedfordi 3
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated 4
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Platyhelminthes, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Persian Carpet Flatworm

In Biome

Intertidal Zone, Biomes
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Pseudobiceros bedfordi

In Ecosystem

Great Barrier Reef, Ecosystems
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Pseudobiceros bedfordi
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Australia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Pseudobiceros bedfordiGeographic Range
Quote, Geographic Range
They are rarely seen but most reports have reported sightings on the Great Barrier Reef, the coast of Guam, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and Australia.
Guam

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Pseudobiceros bedfordiGeographic Range
Quote, Geographic Range
They are rarely seen but most reports have reported sightings on the Great Barrier Reef, the coast of Guam, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and Australia.
Indonesia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Pseudobiceros bedfordiGeographic Range
Quote, Geographic Range
They are rarely seen but most reports have reported sightings on the Great Barrier Reef, the coast of Guam, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and Australia.
Papua New Guinea

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Pseudobiceros bedfordiGeographic Range
Quote, Geographic Range
They are rarely seen but most reports have reported sightings on the Great Barrier Reef, the coast of Guam, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and Australia.
Sources
1. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Pseudobiceros bedfordi
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
  • Primary Diet, Pseudobiceros bedfordi
    Primary Diet carnivore carnivore
  • Conservation Status: CITES
    CITES No special status
  • Economic Importance for Humans
    There are no known positive economic effects of this species on humans. ... There are no known negative economic effects of this species on humans.
  • In Biome: Intertidal Zone, Habitat Regions, biome: intertidal or littoral
    intertidal or littoral intertidal or littoral
  • In Ecosystem: Great Barrier Reef, Geographic Range
    They are rarely seen but most reports have reported sightings on the Great Barrier Reef, the coast of Guam, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and Australia.
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2. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
3. Wikipedia: Pseudobiceros bedfordi
Wikipedia
  • Wikidata Q1832194 (P225 taxon name)
  • In Group: Free-Living Flatworms, Lead
    Pseudobiceros bedfordi (common names Persian carpet flatworm and Bedford's flatworm) is a species of flatworm in the family Pseudocerotidae.
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4. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Pseudobiceros bedfordi
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 4859875, category field
Quote, GBIF taxon key 4859875, category field
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
International Union for Conservation of NatureView the Source
Wikidata: Persian Carpet Flatworm
  • Wikidata Q1832194, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Child Taxon Of: Platyhelminthes, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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