Marine life  /  Flatworms
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Group

Flatworms

Polyclad flatworms. They are mistaken for nudibranchs and are not related to them: a flatworm has no gill plume and no rhinophores, and swims by rippling the whole edge of the body.

Species
3
Depth
1–30 m
Rarity range
2 stars of 5, usually seen in a weekto 3 stars of 5, a good week should turn one up
Night only
None
Can hurt a diver
2
Destinations
6

Several are toxic and advertise it, and a number of nudibranchs copy the pattern rather than the other way round. Identification is mostly from the pattern and the shape of the front margin, and a photograph from directly above is worth more than one from the side.

3 species

Photographed first, then commonest

3 written up, none photographed yet

Every one has a page. They are shown as a list rather than as pictures because nothing has been photographed or logged for them yet, and a species with nothing behind it should not sit in front of one that has.

Where they are recorded

How many of the 3 carry a record at each destination. A species usually carries several, so these do not add up to 3.

Lembeh Strait 3 Anilao 2 Dauin & Dumaguete 2 Papua New Guinea 2 Ambon 1 Bali 1

The other groups

Anemonefish 11 Angelfish 25 Batfish 3 Blennies 26 Butterflyfish 35 Cardinalfish 13 Damselfish 32 Dottybacks 5 Dragonets 5 Eels & garden eels 18 Flatfish 8 Frogfish & anglers 26 Goatfish 8 Gobies & dartfish 29 Groupers & anthias 42 Hawkfish 5 Jacks & open-water fish 29 Jawfish 4 Lizardfish & flatheads 10 Morays 26 Morwongs & trumpeters 4 Parrotfish 16 Pufferfish & boxfish 23 Rabbitfish 5 Scorpionfish & lionfish 47 Seahorses & pipefish 53 Shrimpgobies 17 Snappers, breams & sweetlips 39 Squirrelfish & soldierfish 9 Surgeonfish & unicornfish 26 Triggerfish & filefish 25 Trumpetfish & cornetfish 4 Wrasses 56 Other fish 46 Sharks & rays 63 Turtles, sea snakes & crocodiles 11 Marine mammals & birds 10 Cephalopods 36 Nudibranchs & sea slugs 137 Sea snails & shells 26 Shrimps 38 Mantis shrimps 5 Crabs 45 Hermit crabs 10 Lobsters & squat lobsters 13 Isopods & parasitic crustaceans 5 Amphipods 2 Sea stars 18 Brittle stars & basket stars 7 Feather stars 2 Sea urchins 23 Sea cucumbers 12 Worms 11 Jellyfish & stinging drifters 10 Anemones & zoanthids 12 Corals & sponges 29 Sea squirts 4 Blackwater & plankton 52 Other invertebrates 2

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