[citation needed] The flatworm also has approximately 60 ocelli lining the body that help navigate their environment and respond to light.

[6] The Notoplana acticola species are commonly located on the undersides of cobble stones, boulders, and other mussel beds which are found in rocky intertidal areas.

[2] Notoplana acticola are commonly found in the Pacific Ocean off of the coast of North America, specifically California.

[7] Small incisions were made in the species' central and peripheral nervous systems to observe the effects of locomotion of the pedal waves.

[citation needed] Notoplana acticola have approximately sixty to eighty ocelli that are clustered on the dorsal tentacles.

[3] Notoplana acticola's body wall is composed of sheets of smooth muscle that consists of longitudinal, transverse, and oblique layers that alternate throughout.

[10] Muscle and connective tissue fibers line the inside of the body crossing over the ventral and dorsal networking sides.

[4] Notoplana acticola brains are unique because of the cellular and subcellular neural components that regulate the behavior of the flatworm.

[11] In contributing studies, research presents that Notoplana acticola represents a stage in their evolutionary process that demonstrates that neuronal behavior occurs in the peripheral nervous system.

[6] In a specific study regarding nerve repair and behavioral recovery, brains were transplanted into decerebrated Notoplana acticola.

[6] There were many transplants performed to observe the brain function, and normal behavior was seen as soon as thirty-six hours after the original surgery.

[6] The nervous system in Notoplana acticola consists of a sensory nerve-net that contribute to the initiation of locomotion in the flatworm.

[5] The ventral and dorsal networks are formed by the nerve fibers, which resemble the nerve-net where information can be conducted and passed around.

[10] The species was engaged in a study presented by The University of Chicago Press in which the Notoplana acticola was offered a brine shrimp.

[1] The study demonstrates that Notoplana acticola can accept three to five brine shrimp and fully digest them in approximately five minutes, but will not feed again for close to an hour.

The brine shrimp was given to the decerebrated Notoplana acticola on the posterior margin portion of the body where the flatworm held on to the prey, but did not grip it.

[1] When the brine shrimp was offered at the anterior end of the body the prey was swallowed and conveyed posteriorly into the mouth.

[1] Along with brine shrimp, Notoplana acticola are known to feed on limpets, which include shelled mollusks, barnacles and worms.