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Maiazoon

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Maiazoon orsaki
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Polycladida
Family: Pseudocerotidae
Genus: Maiazoon
Newman & Cannon, 1996
Species:
M. orsaki
Binomial name
Maiazoon orsaki
Newman & Cannon, 1996

Maiazoon is a genus of marine flatworms in the family Pseudocerotidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Maiazoon orsaki, commonly known as the Orsak flatworm.

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Distribution and habitat

It is found in the tropical Indo-Pacific from the Maldives to Micronesia. They inhabit the exposed edges of the reef crest and in boulders covered with coralline algae.

Description

Maiazoon orsaki can grow up to 2 inches (51 mm). It possesses a stretched "egg-shaped" body with a ruffled margin, the posterior part of the body is isentagled. The background color can generally go from translucent cream to light brown with a fine median white line. The white line starts back from the eye spots and ends just before the border of the posterior edge. The circumference of the body is ornated with an orange-brown strip and highlighted on the outside by a fine black line. The ventral face presents a similar color to the dorsal face with the white median line less." [1]

Behaviour

Benthic, nocturnals.

References

  1. ↑ "Maiazoon orsaki | Marine Flatworms - Polycladida". Archived from the original on 2013-02-07. Retrieved 2012-09-09.

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