Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater
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Pseudoceros meenae Dixit, Silvaperuman & Raghunathan, 2018
This is a new described species. T
Occasionally found under rocks or in algae patches on lagoon reefs, sometimes seen on remote reefs.
Features: 3-4cm long. Body plain white. Marginal bands broad black, orange to transparent grey at the outermost edge. With black edges on the pseudotentacles.
Similar to the South-west Indian Ocean Flatworm that is identified as Pseudobiceros cf. confusus.
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.
This is a new described species. T
Occasionally found under rocks or in algae patches on lagoon reefs, sometimes seen on remote reefs.
Features: 3-4cm long. Body plain white. Marginal bands broad black, orange to transparent grey at the outermost edge. With black edges on the pseudotentacles.
Similar to the South-west Indian Ocean Flatworm that is identified as Pseudobiceros cf. confusus.
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.
