Jonathan Hsieh
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Pseudoceros
The photo was taken from the Red Sea. This polyclad flatworm with yellow dots on a creamy-whitish groundand a dark marginal band mimic Hypselodoris ghardaqana from the Red Sea . Mimicry has been observed for some polyclad flatworms which are found to mimic distasteful or toxic opisthobranch molluscs.
Unfortunately, there are no more information available ablout this polyclad flatworm.
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 photo was taken from the Red Sea. This polyclad flatworm with yellow dots on a creamy-whitish groundand a dark marginal band mimic Hypselodoris ghardaqana from the Red Sea . Mimicry has been observed for some polyclad flatworms which are found to mimic distasteful or toxic opisthobranch molluscs.
Unfortunately, there are no more information available ablout this polyclad flatworm.
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.
