Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater
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Pseudoceros jebborum Newman and Cannon, 1994
The backround colour is cream,white, yellowish or orange, with an inner black band and yellow mantle margin.This species was found under rubble.Pseudoceros jebborum feeds on colonial ascidians.
Very similar is Pseudoceros paralaticlavus.
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 backround colour is cream,white, yellowish or orange, with an inner black band and yellow mantle margin.This species was found under rubble.Pseudoceros jebborum feeds on colonial ascidians.
Very similar is Pseudoceros paralaticlavus.
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.
