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Spotted tiger flatworm

Maritigrella fuscopunctata (Prudhoe, 1978)

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The spotted tiger flatworm (Maritigrella fuscopunctata) is a species in the family Euryleptidae, order Polycladida.

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Quick facts about the spotted tiger flatworm

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
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 spotted tiger flatworm live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the spotted tiger flatworm as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Israel
  2. Malta

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the spotted tiger 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 spotted tiger flatworm classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumPlatyhelminthes
  3. orderPolycladida
  4. familyEuryleptidae
  5. genusMaritigrella
  6. SpeciesMaritigrella fuscopunctata (Prudhoe, 1978)

Synonyms Pseudoceros fuscopunctatus

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the spotted tiger flatworm

Other species in the same genus Maritigrella.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the spotted tiger flatworm an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the spotted tiger flatworm as introduced in 2 countries: Israel and Malta, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the spotted tiger flatworm?

The spotted tiger flatworm (Maritigrella fuscopunctata) belongs to the family Euryleptidae in the order Polycladida.

Sources and how to cite this page

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Spotted tiger flatworm (Maritigrella fuscopunctata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/spotted-tiger-flatworm

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@misc{spotted_tiger_flatworm_2026,
  title = {Spotted tiger flatworm (Maritigrella fuscopunctata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/spotted-tiger-flatworm},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}