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Spotted Black Flatworm, Gold-spotted Flatworm

Acanthozoon sp.

Description:

"Body generally dark on the upperside (black to brown) with lots of little bumps that are yellow or orange tipped, as well as larger white spots. Seen from the top, it has a bluish white margin, while from the bottom it has a dark broad margin against a pale foot. It has a pair of small, erect and pointed, ear-like pseudotentacles at the front, made up of folded edges of the body." Source: http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/w...

Notes:

About 16 cm. Night dive at a depth of about 6 m. Just posted the swimming series plus a close-up of the ear-like pseudotentacles when it was still crawling on the reef. Halo Anilao Dive Resort house reef, Batangas, Philippines

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2 Comments

Eric Noora
Eric Noora 11 years ago

Thanks Despina. Glad you like it :-)

DespinaTsafetopoulou
DespinaTsafetopoulou 11 years ago

wow, just amazing! Looks like a living jewel :O

Eric Noora
Spotted by
Eric Noora

Batangas, Philippines

Spotted on Dec 27, 2012
Submitted on Feb 28, 2013

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