Hyman's Flatworm

Pericelis hymanae

• Group: Other

This nocturnal flatworm prefers shallow water and tucks under stones by day, sometimes keeping company with the purse shell Isognomon. It comes out at night as a carnivore, gliding over the bottom in search of small animals.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Platyhelminthes › Polycladida › Pericelidae › Pericelis

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 484741.