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Carpet flatworm

Thysanozoon brocchii (Risso, 1818) Grube, 1840

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The carpet flatworm (Thysanozoon brocchii) is a species in the family Pseudocerotidae, order Polycladida.

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Quick facts about the carpet flatworm

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the carpet flatworm live?

Not recorded

Is the carpet flatworm endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the carpet flatworm classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumPlatyhelminthes
  3. orderPolycladida
  4. familyPseudocerotidae
  5. genusThysanozoon
  6. SpeciesThysanozoon brocchii (Risso, 1818) Grube, 1840

Synonyms Eolidiceros brocchi, Eolidiceros panormis, Planaria brocchi, Planaria dicquemaris, Planaria dicquemaris verrucosa, Planaria tuberculata, Planeolis panormis, Stylochus papillosus, Tergipes brocchi, Tergipes brochi, Thysanozoon brocchii cruciatum, Thysanozoon brocchii var. cruciatum, Thysanozoon dicquemaris, Thysanozoon diesingii, Thysanozoon fockei, Thysanozoon lagidium, Thysanozoon panormis, Thysanozoon panormus, Thysanozoon papillosum, Thysanozoon tuberculatum

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • Papillose flatwormEnglish
  • Ver plat à papillesFrench
  • Platelminta papillatoItalian
  • ミノヒラムシJapanese
  • 브로치납작벌레Korean
  • Мохнатая планарияRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the carpet flatworm

Other species in the same genus Thysanozoon.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the carpet flatworm?

The carpet flatworm (Thysanozoon brocchii) belongs to the family Pseudocerotidae in the order Polycladida.

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Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Carpet flatworm (Thysanozoon brocchii). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/carpet-flatworm

MLA

“Carpet flatworm (Thysanozoon brocchii).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/carpet-flatworm.

BibTeX
@misc{carpet_flatworm_2026,
  title = {Carpet flatworm (Thysanozoon brocchii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/carpet-flatworm},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}