Amakusaplana acroporae | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Order: | Polycladida |
Family: | Prosthiostomidae |
Genus: | Amakusaplana |
Species: | A. acroporae
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Binomial name | |
Amakusaplana acroporae Rawlinson, Gillis, Billings & Borneman, 2011
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Amakusaplana acroporae, the Acropora-eating flatworm or AEFW, is a species of free-living marine polyclad flatworms in the genus Amakusaplana. [1]
This species preys on the genus Acropora in reef aquariums. [2] These flatworms can grow up to 6 mm and the number of eyes they have increase with body length. [3] [4] They also possess excellent camouflage, hiding on the underside of Acropora coral branches and mimicking the host's color and pigment distribution by extracting fluorescent pigments from the host. [5]
"Amakusaplana acroporae" at the Encyclopedia of Life
Amakusaplana acroporae | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Order: | Polycladida |
Family: | Prosthiostomidae |
Genus: | Amakusaplana |
Species: | A. acroporae
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Binomial name | |
Amakusaplana acroporae Rawlinson, Gillis, Billings & Borneman, 2011
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Amakusaplana acroporae, the Acropora-eating flatworm or AEFW, is a species of free-living marine polyclad flatworms in the genus Amakusaplana. [1]
This species preys on the genus Acropora in reef aquariums. [2] These flatworms can grow up to 6 mm and the number of eyes they have increase with body length. [3] [4] They also possess excellent camouflage, hiding on the underside of Acropora coral branches and mimicking the host's color and pigment distribution by extracting fluorescent pigments from the host. [5]
"Amakusaplana acroporae" at the Encyclopedia of Life