Pseudoceros cf. bolool Newman & Cannon 1994
photo 1: Cory Pittman, Maui. Kapalua Bay, < 16 ft, 30 mm
photo 2: Cory Pittman, Maui.

Cory Pittman writes that this worm is common on Maui. "It's a completely smooth, opaque-black worm with very large, triangular pseudotentacles and no white markings at all..." In coloration it resembles Pseudoceros bolool in Newman and Cannon's book and CD.

The CD states that Pseudoceros bolool is "opaque to translucent black without any markings" but adds that it "may be confused with several other black polyclad species and examination of morphological characters of living worms may be necessary for an accurate identification."

P. bolool is common in Australia (Great Barrier Reef and New South Wales), Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia. Similar worms have been photographed in the Maldives and in Curacao, West Indies.

"Bolool" is an Australian aboriginal word meaning "night"

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