Dr. Paddy Ryan, USA
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Pseudoceros bifurcus Prudhoe, 1989
The racing stripes flatworm Pseudoceros bifurcus has a lavender blue or purple blue backround colour with a withe stripe in the mittle of the body.This stripe is purple edged and have a orange patch on the front. Pseudoceros bifurcus have aposematic colors, its diurnal on the reef.
Pseudoceros bifurcus feeds exclusively on colonial ascidians.
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.
The racing stripes flatworm Pseudoceros bifurcus has a lavender blue or purple blue backround colour with a withe stripe in the mittle of the body.This stripe is purple edged and have a orange patch on the front. Pseudoceros bifurcus have aposematic colors, its diurnal on the reef.
Pseudoceros bifurcus feeds exclusively on colonial ascidians.
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.
