Scientific name: Pseudoceros ferrugineus
Size: About 1.8 inches
Color: Fuchsia or blue, orange and black
Distinguishing feature: Two pseudo tentacles formed by folds of the body, two bands on the periphery: orange, then very dark red. The dark red back is dotted with small white dots giving it a fuchsia color, sometimes blue.
Where did we see it: Mayotte, Raja Ampat
Scientific name: Pseudoceros ferrugineus
Size: About 1.8 inches
Color: Fuchsia or blue, orange and black
Distinguishing feature: Two pseudo tentacles formed by folds of the body, two bands on the periphery: orange, then very dark red. The dark red back is dotted with small white dots giving it a fuchsia color, sometimes blue.
Where did we see it: Mayotte, Raja Ampat
Flatworms can multiply by scissiparity: a fragment of their body can detach and develop to produce a true clone of the first.
It can not be too confused with other species, it is sometimes more fuchsia than blue, but is very different from other flatworms.
The whale shark is the largest fish in the world!
Some whales are larger, but they are mammals, not fish!
Some sharks can stay motionless on the sand (white tips reef sharks, nurse sharks, etc.).
These sharks don't have to swim to bring oxygen to their gills like other sharks (grey, hammerheads tc.)
The kakihona sushi (sushi wrapped in persimmon leaves) are really the best!
To eat them, you have to go to Nara!
