Tracey I Howley, Australia
Info
Pseudoceros gamblei Laidlaw, 1902
Body color crem white with a purple mantle margin.
Diet: ascidians
Similar to Pseudoceros indicus (with broken marginal band).
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.
Synonymised names
Dicteros gamblei (Laidlaw, 1902) · unaccepted
Body color crem white with a purple mantle margin.
Diet: ascidians
Similar to Pseudoceros indicus (with broken marginal band).
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.
Synonymised names
Dicteros gamblei (Laidlaw, 1902) · unaccepted
