Robin Gwen Agarwal, USA
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Vorticeros praedatorium Kozloff & Westervelt, 2001
Vorticeros praedatorium is a flatworm from the Pacific coast of North America. this specis is described from Friday Harbor, Washington. Feeds on ooecia of Bugula california and Dendrobeania lichenoides, and deposits its egg capsules on colonies of these bryozoans.
Similar to Vorticeros pulchellum from the Adriatic Sea and the North Atlantic.
Vorticeros praedatorium differs from V. pulchellum in three major respects. It has only one penis sheath, instead of two; its seminal vesicle consists of two successive chambers; its two ovovitelline ducts do not unite to form a common duct, but enter the genital atrium separately.
Vorticeros praedatorium is a flatworm from the Pacific coast of North America. this specis is described from Friday Harbor, Washington. Feeds on ooecia of Bugula california and Dendrobeania lichenoides, and deposits its egg capsules on colonies of these bryozoans.
Similar to Vorticeros pulchellum from the Adriatic Sea and the North Atlantic.
Vorticeros praedatorium differs from V. pulchellum in three major respects. It has only one penis sheath, instead of two; its seminal vesicle consists of two successive chambers; its two ovovitelline ducts do not unite to form a common duct, but enter the genital atrium separately.
