Flatworm. Marine flatworm,Pseudobiceros hancocokanus,moving across the seabed. These brilliantly coloured creatures belong to the most primitive group of flatworms,the Turbellarians. They are free-living and non-parasitic,mostly feeding on small invertebrates. The mouth is under the body and is used for ingestion and egestion because the creature has no anus and is a polyclad (complex gut) variety. They live in shallow places on the coastal sea floor. They creep over the bottom and can swim only short distances,moving by wave-like undulations of the body and cilia (motile hairs). Photographed at Noosa,Australia | |
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