A elongated fawn to brown marine flatworm 

Note: Many Flatworms remain fully undescribed and whilst this sighting has been listed as Leptostylochus victoriensis given it is a close match and reasonable to think it is within its range this could be a different species for now it sits here as a single recorded sighting

At a glance

Habitat Rockpools and shallow intertidal and sublittoral zones
Size
Origin Native
Distribution South-eastern Australia
Descriptions
Distribution
South-eastern Australia
Habitat
Rockpools and shallow intertidal and sublittoral zones
Size
Common Name Leptostylochus victoriensis sp.
Aliases No Known Aliases
Origin Native
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Distribution provided by The Atlas of Living Australia

Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumPlatyhelminthes
SubphylumTurbellaria
ClassRhabditophora
SubclassTrepaxonemata
OrderPolycladida
SuborderAcotylea
SuperfamilyStylochoidea
FamilyStylochidae
GenusLeptostylochus
SpeciesLeptostylochus victoriensis
Synonyms

Synonyms

There are no known synonyms for this species
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