Nymphozoon cinderella Cinderella Flatworm

Nymphozoon cinderella is commonly referred to as Cinderella Flatworm. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

18116 

AphiaID:

0 

Scientific:

Nymphozoon cinderella 

German:

Cinderella Strudelwurm 

English:

Cinderella Flatworm 

Category:

Platelminti 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Platyhelminthes (Phylum) > Polycladida (Order) > Pseudocerotidae (Family) > Nymphozoon (Genus) > cinderella (Species) 

Initial determination:

Tsuyuki & Okuno, 2024 

Occurrence:

Japan 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Habitats:

Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 1.97" (5 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, No reliable information available, Predatory 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Nymphozoon bayeri
  Bayers Strudelwurm
• 
  Nymphozoon cinderella
  Cinderella Strudelwurm
• 
  Nymphozoon orsaki
  Orsak's Plattwurm

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-02-02 18:11:09 

Last edit:

2026-02-02 18:56:27 

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