Phrikoceros sp.
This is not nudibranch or sea slug
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Identification is verified by Marian Litvaitis, Nudi Pixel expert
Comment from Marian Litvaitis: Could be Phrikoceros sp.
Below is comment from Dr. Bill Rudman, go to Sea Slug Forum to read more information
Dear Brent,
This is a flatworm not a nudibranch. If you go to the flatworm Fact Sheet you will see some links to identification aids. At some stage, we all get tricked by these animals. Many have rhinophore-looking head tentacles as in your close-up alongside. Two fairly good ways to separate them from nudibranchs is that their body is a simple thin sheet of tissue - no separation into mantle, body and foot, and they glide along very quickly - certainly not at a snail or slug's pace.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
Comment from the photographer: Scutus unguis was the ID from Bill Rudman earlier in the year. I found it on a night dive and when I lifted the rock it did move faster than an average Nudi.
| Location: | Fremantle, Australia |
| Photographer: | Brent Murdoch |
| Camera: | Olympus C8080 Wide Zoom › View EXIF properties |
| Taken on: | February 18, 2007 |
| Viewed: | 659 times |
| Posted: | 10 months ago |
| Updated: | 8 months ago |
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Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Turbellaria |
| Order: | Polycladida |
| Suborder: | Cotylea |
| Family: | Pseudocerotidae |
| Species: | Phrikoceros sp. |