Pseudobiceros bedfordi

Pseudobiceros bedfordi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Polycladida
Family: Pseudocerotidae
Genus: Pseudobiceros
Species:
P. bedfordi
Binomial name
Pseudobiceros bedfordi
(Laidlaw, 1903)
Synonyms

Pseudobiceros bedfordi (common names Persian carpet flatworm[1] and Bedford's flatworm) is a species of flatworm in the family Pseudocerotidae.[2]

This species has two penises, which it uses to engage in penis fencing, attempting to inject sperm into its opponent in order to fertilize it, while simultaneously avoiding being fertilized by their opponent.[3]

  1. ^ Persian carpet flatworms (Pseudobiceros bedfordi) on the Shores of Singapore
  2. ^ WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Pseudobiceros bedfordi (Laidlaw, 1903)
  3. ^ Arnqvist, Göran; Rowe, Locke (2005), Sexual conflict, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0-691-12218-2, p. 185