Jonathan Hsieh
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Pseudobiceros gratus (Kato, 1937)
Background colour varies from transparent white to light brown with three or four parallel thick black. Can vary from brown to grey with black borders. Lateral strips joining posteriorly, extremely narrow black rim. Pseudotentacles black with orange spot. Ventral surface white with a narrow black rim, with deep crenulated marginal ruffles. Pseudotentacles pointed and ear-like. Cerebral eyspot small with about 60 eyes.
Reproduction:
The whirlworm can reproduce both asexually and sexually. This species is hermaphroditic, meaning that it has both male and female reproductive organs. When two whirlworms reproduce, they fight to decide who will be fertilized and who will be the fertilizer. The winner gets to act as the male individual and fertilize the other.
Synonymised names:
Eurylepta striata Schmarda, 1859
Proceros striatus (Schmarda, 1859)
Pseudobiceros strigosus (Marcus, 1950)
Pseudoceros gratus Kato, 1937
Pseudoceros striatus (Schmarda, 1859)
Pseudoceros strigosus Marcus, 1950
Background colour varies from transparent white to light brown with three or four parallel thick black. Can vary from brown to grey with black borders. Lateral strips joining posteriorly, extremely narrow black rim. Pseudotentacles black with orange spot. Ventral surface white with a narrow black rim, with deep crenulated marginal ruffles. Pseudotentacles pointed and ear-like. Cerebral eyspot small with about 60 eyes.
Reproduction:
The whirlworm can reproduce both asexually and sexually. This species is hermaphroditic, meaning that it has both male and female reproductive organs. When two whirlworms reproduce, they fight to decide who will be fertilized and who will be the fertilizer. The winner gets to act as the male individual and fertilize the other.
Synonymised names:
Eurylepta striata Schmarda, 1859
Proceros striatus (Schmarda, 1859)
Pseudobiceros strigosus (Marcus, 1950)
Pseudoceros gratus Kato, 1937
Pseudoceros striatus (Schmarda, 1859)
Pseudoceros strigosus Marcus, 1950
