spotted black flatworm @ terumbu semakau - July 2014

Came across this beautiful spotted black flatworm cruising a shallow intertidal pool on the exposed reef. This one was about 8 cm long. For flatworms, this is a rather large specimen as some of them can be really small. Its undulating form carpeted the sandy substrate as it moved with an amazing gracefulness.

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Find out more about Singapore's flatworms :

http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/worm/polycladida/acanthozoon.htm

http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/worm/polycladidafi.htm

http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/worm/polycladida/polycladida.htm

flatworm - crawling & swimming @ Big Sister's Island 15Feb2010

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Interesting flatworm with bumpy skin and very pronounced folds. This one was about 8cm long and there were a few specimens over various spots in the lagoon.

Here is a video clip of it swimming :-

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Read more about flatworms here :-
WildSingapore.com's Wildfacts on Flatworms

brown stripe flatworm @ labrador nature reserve 10Feb2009

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This one was about 5cm long. It performed its graceful swimming dance wonderfully.
Wish I could move like that!


Did you that there are over 18,000 species of flatworm?
Read more about flatworms here :
http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/worm/polycladida/gratus.htm
http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/worm/polycladida/polycladida.htm