Jean-Marie Gradot, La Reunion
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Pseudoceros bimarginatus Meixner, 1907
The back ground colour is white or cream.There are three marginal bands from the inner to outer: yellow-green, black and an orange.Some flatworms have also a fine median white line. Pseudoceros bimarginatus have pseudotentacles.
This flatworm feeds on bryozoans.Pseudoceros bimarginatus is common in shallow lagoons and in shallow reefs.
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 back ground colour is white or cream.There are three marginal bands from the inner to outer: yellow-green, black and an orange.Some flatworms have also a fine median white line. Pseudoceros bimarginatus have pseudotentacles.
This flatworm feeds on bryozoans.Pseudoceros bimarginatus is common in shallow lagoons and in shallow reefs.
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.
