PHRIKOCEROS sp. 3
Cory Pittman found this unusual lined flatworm in a tidepool at Kapalua Bay, Maui, in April 2007. The closest worms in appearance which I was able to find in Newman and Cannon's book and CD belong to the genus Prostheceraeus, but the tentacles on this animal do not match that genus. However, a photo from the Philippines taken by Mike Miller matches it quite well. The University of Heidelberg website which posted it calls it Phrikoceros sp. so we will provisionally place it in that genus too.

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