Henning Wiese, Schweiz
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Pseudoceros indicus Newman & Schupp, 2002
The background colour is white with blue spots.This flatworm can be found on mangrove roots,on mud flats, under stones and dead oysters.
Pseudoceros indicus feeds on white and yellow colonial ascidians, Eudistoma toealensis and Eudistoma viride.
(Latin "indicus" = blue ink)
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 background colour is white with blue spots.This flatworm can be found on mangrove roots,on mud flats, under stones and dead oysters.
Pseudoceros indicus feeds on white and yellow colonial ascidians, Eudistoma toealensis and Eudistoma viride.
(Latin "indicus" = blue ink)
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.
