Amakusaplana acroporae

Amakusaplana acroporae, the Acropora-eating flatworm or AEFW, is a species of free-living marine polyclad flatworms in the genus Amakusaplana.^[1]

Amakusaplana acroporae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Order:	Polycladida
Family:	Prosthiostomidae
Genus:	Amakusaplana
Species:	A. acroporae
Binomial name
Amakusaplana acroporae Rawlinson, Gillis, Billings & Borneman, 2011

This species preys on the genus Acropora in reef aquariums.^[2] These flatworms can grow up to 6 mm and the number of eyes they have increase with body length.^[3][4] They also possess excellent camouflage, hiding on the underside of Acropora coral branches and mimicking the host's color and pigment distribution by extracting fluorescent pigments from the host.^[5]