Blue+Flatworm

Phylum: Platyhelimenthes Class: Turbellaria
 * [[image:imagesCAHLQNUM.jpg align="right"]]Blue Flatworm;** //Cycloporus venetus//

__**Size:**__ 2 cm in length. Elongated oval or round bodies with a smooth dorsal service. __**Location:**__ Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Phillipines. __**Habitat:**__ Marine habitat; Reefs. __**Life Cycle:**__ Turbellarias will hatch from eggs layed by the turbellarian parent. They will be nourished for a few days, then released into the water to fend for themselves. Most will not be sexually mature until they are older.

__**Interesting Facts:**__
 * Bilaterally symmetrical
 * They feed on other animals or smaller life forms.
 * Has three layers of tissue containing organs and organelles.
 * Said to have evolved around 550 million years ago.

They need sperm and eggs to reproduce and will intertwine with each other to share sperm and reproduce. They don't worry about whether each other is male or female, they will mate with any member of its species**__.__** __**Human Impact:**__ There is no found human impact for the blue flatworm.
 * __Males & Females:__** Most Turbellarias are hermaphrodites, but cannot reproduce asexually.

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