Flatworms

© Johan Boshoff

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Flatworms

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Pseudocerotidae

Size

Ku fika eka 30 cm, hi xitalo 10 cm.

Nhlamuselo

Yi phambarhalile kufana na tluka na miri woka wunga tsindziyelangi. Yina ti rhinopores timbirhi laha nhlokweni. Mihlovo ya hambana hambana kusuka eka buraweni, mpunwa na rihlaza ro vonikela kuya eka orenji wo vonikela na ntima. Tinwani tiva na swinwana swofana na tintihu laha khwirini.

Vuxokoxoko

Mindyangu ya yona yikatsa parasitic flukes nati tapeworms. Yikota ku famba hi xipidi swinene. Yitirhisa misisi kumbe ku tiyisa timayisele ta yona kuva yi rheta rheta ematini. Yitirhisa nhompfu ku khoma swakudya swa yona. Yi hava ko tirhuma hikona. Miri wa yona wuvevukile swinene naswona wu tirhisiwa kuva wu cinca moya. Yi wela eka swihadyani swa ti hermaprodites leswivulaka leswaku yinga kota kuva ya xinuna na xisati hinkarhi wunwe. Yitshikela matandza yotala swinene.

Swakudya

Yidya swihadyani leswintsongo swale matini, swivungu na tixikwa.

Kuhangalaka

Yikumeka eka maxelo yo hambana hambana nale ka malwandle hinkwawo ya misava.

Common species

Candy-striped flatworm - Prostheceraeus vittatus
Yellowspot flatworm - Thysanozoon nigropapillosum
Splendid flatworm - Pseudobiceros splendidus