Class Turbellaria | Phylum Platyhelminthes Genus Pseudoceros Rank Species | |
Similar Pericelis, Cotylea, Pseudoceros, Pseudoceros lindae, Pseudoceros monostichos | ||
Pseudoceros bicoloris p5240715
Pseudoceros bicolor, known as the two-colored flatworm, is a species of polycladid flatworm.
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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 are distributed in Indian River Lagoon, Bird Island, Bermuda, Bocas del Toro, Panama, Curaçao, 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 are to be very rare but with greater sampling effort could change their status.