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Eurylepta californica Striped Polyclad Flatworm, Montgomery's Flatworm

Eurylepta californica is commonly referred to as Striped Polyclad Flatworm, Montgomery's Flatworm. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Eurylepta californica,Asilomar State Marine Reserve, California,2020


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lexID:
12982 
AphiaID:
483790 
Scientific:
Eurylepta californica 
German:
Kalifornischer Strudelwurm, Gestreifter Strudelwurm, Montgomerys Strudelwurm 
English:
Striped Polyclad Flatworm, Montgomery's Flatworm 
Category:
Plattmaskar 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Platyhelminthes (Phylum) > Rhabditophora (Class) > Polycladida (Order) > Euryleptidae (Family) > Eurylepta (Genus) > californica (Species) 
Initial determination:
Hyman, 1959 
Occurrence:
Canada Eastern Pacific, Eastern Pacific Ocean, North Pacific (Ocean), USA 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
- 10 Meter 
Size:
up to 1.18" (3 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 68 °F (°C - 20°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, No reliable information available, Sea squirts 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-07-22 17:31:22 

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Eurylepta californica Hyman 1959

Oval body with flared pseudotentacles bearing black and red marks at their base. Body colour grayish white with narrow mid-doral white line and scattered crisscrossing pattern of dark lines with scattered white spots.

Eurylepta californica is a rare species. It is found under rocks in intertidal and shallow subtidal areas, often among coralline algae on rocky shores.

Flatworms genus Eurylepta feed on ascidians.

Similar to Pseudoceros montereyensis; has black spots rather than crisscrossing lines and a black line around its lateral margin.

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