Tiger Flatworm

Tiger Flatworm
Pseudobiceros Cf. Dimidiatus

There is a reason this flatworm gets called a Tiger. The black body is slashed with bold yellow-green stripes, separated by a narrow black line and finished with a brilliant orange edge. The markings can vary from broad, clean bands to more broken patterns, but they always have that unmistakable tiger-stripe attitude. Even the contrast feels feline, black and gold with a flash of orange, except this tiger has been flattened into a silky sheet and sent gliding across the reef.

• Size: Up to around 80 mm
• Range: Tropical Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea and Indian Ocean to Australia and the western Pacific
• Habitat / Depth: Coral reefs and reef slopes, typically around 5–30 m
• Diet: Colonial ascidians