Penis-Fencing+Flat+worm

=Penis-Fencing Flat Worm:=


 * **Phlyum:** Platyhelimenthes[[image:http://www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/images/stories/flatworm-penis-fencing-02.jpg width="567" height="297"]]
 * **Scientific Name:** Pseudibiceros hancockanus
 * **Class:** Turbellaria
 * **Location:** These worms can be found in southwestern hemisphere
 * **Size:** Most of these worms are .2 inches or smaller (5 millimeters).
 * **Habitat:** These worms can live in just about any habitat they can be found in sand, under rocks and even in coastal areas.
 * **Living Requirments:** They must live near other penis-fencing flat worms so they can reproduce.
 * **Life Cycle:** The two worms fight to firtlize each the the frist one to do fertilize the other becomes the male and the other becomes the female. Once the female lays her eggs they hatch and become larva it take s about a 6 to 12 months for one to become an adult.
 * **Male and Female:** There are no males and females, each worm is both sexs until they mate then one becomes a de facto male and a de facto female.
 * **Interesting Facts:** Every worm has both sex organs, each have overies with eggs and testies with sperm. Mating is a fight because the worm that assumes the female role then must expend considerable energy caring for the developing eggs.



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