Table 3 Colour variation on each part of the colour pattern observed in the literature cited
From: First record of Thysanozoon brocchii (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida) from Indian waters
Major colour and pattern combinations observed | |
Dorsal ground colour | whitish; cream; light yellow; brown; light brown; grey; dark gray; blackish; dark purple; chestnut brown; white-yellowish; yellowish brown; yellow-greenish; yellowish-brown-reddish; yellowish purple, reddish-brown; grayish-brown-purple; violet-brown; purplish gray; purplish maroon; |
Ground colour-pattern | |
 Speckled | Black; brown |
 Pigments | Purple; brown; dark brown to yellow brown |
 Reticulation | light yellow |
 Median stripe | dark |
 Round spots | black |
 Papillae colour | whitish; dark gray; yellowish-white; yellow-purple, reddish-brown; black-brown; brown reddish; black-blue; purplish-brown, brown; Bluish base |
Papillae colour - pattern | |
 Dots | White; blackish purple |
 Tip | White; yellowish white |
 Base | colourless |
 Tints | purple |
Margin Colour | white; Milky white to black; white-purple; white-blue; bluish; dark brown; brown-purple; transparent |
Margin colour-pattern | |
 Band | White; radial |
 Dash | purple |
 Speckled | brown |
 Spots | white |
 Line | discontinuous black |