Leyendecker
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Pseudobiceros damawan Newman & Cannon, 1994
The body is mottled grey, white background with tiny black spots, a thin black margin and wider orange margin crossed with white bars. On the middle of the body there are usually a light orange stripe along the length. The body underside is white with a wide orange and thin black margin.This flatworm has a pair of erect pseudotentacles.
Pseudobiceros damawan can be found under rock,in reefs, lagoons,at the reef crest under rubble. This flatworm feeds on colonial ascidians.
The name "damawan" refer to the reef where the flatworm was collected Madang, Papua New Guinea.
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 body is mottled grey, white background with tiny black spots, a thin black margin and wider orange margin crossed with white bars. On the middle of the body there are usually a light orange stripe along the length. The body underside is white with a wide orange and thin black margin.This flatworm has a pair of erect pseudotentacles.
Pseudobiceros damawan can be found under rock,in reefs, lagoons,at the reef crest under rubble. This flatworm feeds on colonial ascidians.
The name "damawan" refer to the reef where the flatworm was collected Madang, Papua New Guinea.
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.
