Metazoa info

[Duke Guilmon]

Bedford's flatworm



Size:8-10cm

Weight:No data

Life expectancy:No data

Location: This flatworm is found in coral rubble in warm waters around Australia to the Northern Mariana Islands.

Taxonomy:
Class:Turbellaria
Order: Polycladida
Suborder:Cotylea
Family: Pseudocerotidae
Genus: Psuedobiceros
Species: Pseudobiceros bedfordi

Diet: Bedfords eat sea squirts and small crustaceans

Anatomy: These flatworms are hermaphrodites with two penises 

Behavior: This animals live life fast, as it can move fast by undulating its body.

Reproduction: As mentioned before, it is a hermaphrodite with two penises. When two meet, they sword fight with their penises. Not like it matters, as they both penetrate each other and both will lay eggs. They can also reproduce asexually by cloning themselves. 



this is not a fight but for play

Other sources:

http://eol.org/pages/4975927/overview

http://wejreproduction.weebly.com/bedfor...tworm.html

http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/w...dfordi.htm