Jean-Marie Gradot, La Reunion
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Pseudoceros cf. confusus Newman & Cannon, 1995
Similar to Pseudoceros confusus. The flatworm is missing one of the two black border bands.
Pseudoceros confusus: Background body colour cream-white with four marginal bands : inner band narrow black, then orange, then narrow black with a narrow yellow rim. Sometimes with a narrow inner opaque white band.
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.
Similar to Pseudoceros confusus. The flatworm is missing one of the two black border bands.
Pseudoceros confusus: Background body colour cream-white with four marginal bands : inner band narrow black, then orange, then narrow black with a narrow yellow rim. Sometimes with a narrow inner opaque white band.
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.
