Pseudoceros bicolor

Pseudoceros bicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Turbellaria
Order: Polycladida
Family: Pseudocerotidae
Genus: Pseudoceros
Species: P. bicolor
Binomial name
Pseudoceros bicolor

Two-colored flatworm (Pseudoceros bicolor) is a species of polycladid flatworms.

Reproduction

Two colored flatworms have a simultaneous hermaphrodite that displays hypodermic insemination. Hypodermic insemination is reproductive mode of some organisms whereby gametes are passed to a mate by puncturing the body wall and injecting gametes.

Distribution and habitat

Two colored flatworms is distributed in Indian River Lagoon, Bird Island, Bermuda, Bocas del Toro, Panama, CuraƧao, Florida Keys, Santa Marta, Colombia, South Water Caye, and Belize. They prefer living in areas with coral rubble, which are full of life.

Diet

Two colored flatworms are predators. They prey on colonial ascidians.

Conservation status

Two-colored flatworms is considered to be very rare but with greater sampling effort could change their status.

References

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