Karen Honeycutt, USA
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Pseudoceros scintillatus, Newman and Cannon, 1994
Pseudoceros scintillatus have a black backround colour,irregular yellow-green patches and a yellow to orange marginal band.This species feeds on colonial ascidians.
Etymology : Scintillatus : scintillating, for its dramatic colour pattern
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.
Pseudoceros scintillatus have a black backround colour,irregular yellow-green patches and a yellow to orange marginal band.This species feeds on colonial ascidians.
Etymology : Scintillatus : scintillating, for its dramatic colour pattern
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.
