Intertidal Invertebrates of the Monterey Bay Area, California

Compiled & photographed by Gary McDonald, Long Marine Laboratory, University of California, Santa Cruz

Eurylepta californica Hyman, 1959               
Montgomery's Flatworm
Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria: Polycladida: Cotylea: Euryleptidae
Geographic Range: British Columbia, Canada to southern California. Synonyms:
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Carmel Pt., Monterey Co., CA; 31 Jul 2007; ~20mm total length.

Description: Body greyish-white with white border and narrow mid-dorsal white line; with irregular black lines criscrossing dorsal surface. With a dark mark (black proximally, red distally) at the bases of the large marginal tentacles
Size: Up to about 30mm in length.

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Carmel Pt., Monterey Co., CA; 31 Jul 2007; ~20mm total length. Close-up of marginal tentacles.
 

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