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Starry flatworm

Pseudobiceros stellae Newman & Cannon, 1994

Status not recordedworms

The starry flatworm (Pseudobiceros stellae) is a species in the family Pseudocerotidae, order Polycladida.

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Quick facts about the starry 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 starry flatworm live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the starry flatworm as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Israel

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 starry 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 starry flatworm classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumPlatyhelminthes
  3. orderPolycladida
  4. familyPseudocerotidae
  5. genusPseudobiceros
  6. SpeciesPseudobiceros stellae Newman & Cannon, 1994

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the starry flatworm

Other species in the same genus Pseudobiceros.

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Common questions

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Is the starry flatworm an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the starry flatworm as introduced in 1 country: Israel, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the starry flatworm?

The starry flatworm (Pseudobiceros stellae) belongs to the family Pseudocerotidae 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). Starry flatworm (Pseudobiceros stellae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/starry-flatworm

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@misc{starry_flatworm_2026,
  title = {Starry flatworm (Pseudobiceros stellae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/starry-flatworm},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}