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Pseudobiceros
Sign in to savePseudobiceros is a genus of flatworms. Like all flatworms, Pseudobiceros are hermaphrodites. This particular genus engages in penis fencing. When the "winner" touches its penis to the "skin" of the other, insemination occurs, and the "loser" has to bear the burden of motherhood.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumPlatyhelminthes
- ClassTurbellaria
- OrderPolycladida
- FamilyPseudocerotidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 74
- With media
- 12
- Family
- Pseudocerotidae
- Collections
- USNM, CAS, SIO, QM, UF, WAM
- Recorded in
- French Polynesia, United States, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Japan, Australia
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Pseudobiceros is a genus of flatworms. Like all flatworms, Pseudobiceros are hermaphrodites. This particular genus engages in penis fencing. When the "winner" touches its penis to the "skin" of the other, insemination occurs, and the "loser" has to bear the burden of motherhood.
==Species== The following species are recognised in the genus Pseudobiceros: Pseudobiceros apricus Newman & Cannon, 1994 Pseudobiceros bajae (Hyman, 1953) Pseudobiceros bedfordi (Laidlaw, 1903) Pseudobiceros brogani Newman & Cannon, 1997 Pseudobiceros caribbensis Bolanos, Quiroga & Litvaitis, 2007 Pseudobiceros cinereus (Palombi, 1931) Pseudobiceros damawan Newman & Cannon, 1994 Pseudobiceros deliae Coria, Bolaños & Quiroga, 2025 Pseudobiceros dendriticus (Prudhoe, 1989) Pseudobiceros flavocanthus Newman & Cannon, 1994 Pseudobiceros flavolineatus (Prudhoe, 1989) Pseudobiceros flowersi Newman & Cannon, 1997 Pseudobiceros fulgor Newman & Cannon, 1994 Pseudobiceros fulvogriseus (Hyman, 1959) Pseudobiceros gardinieri (Laidlaw, 1902) Pseudobiceros gloriosus (Newman & Cannon, 1994) Pseudobiceros gratus (Kato, 1937) Pseudobiceros hancockanus (Collingwood, 1876) Pseudobiceros hymanae (Newman & Cannon, 1997) Pseudobiceros izuensis (Kato, 1944) Pseudobiceros josei Newman & Cannon, 1998 Pseudobiceros kryptos Newman & Cannon, 1997 Pseudobiceros mikros Newman & Cannon, 1997 Pseudobiceros miniatus (Schmarda, 1859) Pseudobiceros murinus Newman & Cannon, 1997 Pseudobiceros nigromarginatus (Yeri & Kaburaki, 1918) Pseudobiceros pardalis (Verrill, 1900) Pseudobiceros philippinensis (Kaburaki, 1923) Pseudobiceros principensis Pérez-García, Herrero-Barrencua, Noreña & Cervera, 2020 Pseudobiceros rubrocinctus (Schmarda, 1859) Pseudobiceros schmardae Faubel, 1984 Pseudobiceros sharroni Newman & Cannon, 1997 Pseudobiceros splendidus (Lang, 1884) Pseudobiceros stellae Newman & Cannon, 1994 Pseudobiceros undulatus (Kelaart, 1858) Pseudobiceros uniarborensis Newman & Cannon, 1994 Pseudobiceros viridis (Kelaart, 1858) Pseudobiceros wirtzi Bahia & Schroedl, 2016
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