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Amakusaplana acroporae Rawlinson, Gillis, Billings & Borneman 2011

Amakusaplana acroporae ( Inglês )

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Amakusaplana acroporae, the Acropora-eating flatworm or AEFW, is a species of free-living marine polyclad flatworms in the genus Amakusaplana.[1]

This species preys on the genus Acropora in reef aquariums.[2] These flatworms can grow up to 6 mm and the number of eyes they have increase with body length.[3][4] They also possess excellent camouflage, hiding on the underside of Acropora coral branches and mimicking the host's color and pigment distribution by extracting fluorescent pigments from the host.[5]

References

  1. ^ Taxonomy and life history of the Acropora-eating flatworm Amakusaplana acroporae nov. sp. (Polycladida: Prosthiostomidae). K. A. Rawlinson, J. A. Gillis, R. E. Billings Jr. and E. H. Borneman, Coral Reefs, September 2011, Volume 30, Issue 3, pages 693-705, doi:10.1007/s00338-011-0745-3
  2. ^ Things that Suck: Acropora Eating Flatworms, by Mitch Carl, in ReefKeeping online magazine
  3. ^ Hume, B.C.C., D’Angelo, C., Cunnington, A., Smith, E.G., Wiedenmann, & J. (2013). The corallivorous flatworm Amakusaplana acroporae: an invasive species threat to coral reefs? Coral Reefs, 33, 267–272. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-013-1101-6
  4. ^ Rawlinson, K.A, & Stella, J.S (2012). Discovery of the corallivorous polyclad flatworm, Amakusaplana acroporae, on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia – the first report from the wild. PLOS ONE, 7(8), 42240-e42245. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0042240
  5. ^ Rawlinson, K.A, & Stella, J.S (2012). Discovery of the corallivorous polyclad flatworm, Amakusaplana acroporae, on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia – the first report from the wild. PLOS ONE, 7(8), 42240-e42245. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0042240

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Amakusaplana acroporae: Brief Summary ( Inglês )

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Amakusaplana acroporae, the Acropora-eating flatworm or AEFW, is a species of free-living marine polyclad flatworms in the genus Amakusaplana.

This species preys on the genus Acropora in reef aquariums. These flatworms can grow up to 6 mm and the number of eyes they have increase with body length. They also possess excellent camouflage, hiding on the underside of Acropora coral branches and mimicking the host's color and pigment distribution by extracting fluorescent pigments from the host.

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