Pseudoceros bicolor
| Pseudoceros bicolor | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Polycladida |
| Family: | Pseudocerotidae |
| Genus: | Pseudoceros |
| Species: | P. bicolor
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudoceros bicolor Verrill, 1901
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Pseudoceros bicolor, known as the two-colored flatworm, is a rare species of polycladid flatworm.[1][2]
Reproduction
[edit]Two-colored flatworms have a simultaneous hermaphrodite quality that display hypodermic insemination, the reproductive mode of some organisms whereby gametes are passed to a mate by puncturing the body wall and injecting gametes.
Distribution and habitat
[edit]Two-colored flatworms are found in Indian River Lagoon, Bird Island, Bermuda, Bocas del Toro, Panama, Curaçao, the Florida Keys, Santa Marta, Colombia, South Water Caye, and Belize. They prefer living in areas with coral rubble, which are full of life.
Diet
[edit]Two-colored flatworms are predators. They prey on colonial ascidians.
References
[edit]- ^ Bahia, Juliana; Padula, Vinicius (May 2009). "First record of Pseudoceros bicolor and Pericelis cata (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida) from Brazil". Marine Biodiversity Records. 2: e86. doi:10.1017/S1755267209000918. ISSN 1755-2672.
- ^ Litvaitis, Marian K.; Bolaños, D. Marcela; Quiroga, Sigmer Y. (2010-03-18). "When names are wrong and colours deceive: unravelling the Pseudoceros bicolor species complex (Turbellaria: Polycladida)". Journal of Natural History. 44 (13–14): 829–845. doi:10.1080/00222930903537074. ISSN 0022-2933.