Blue Planarian, Blue Garden Flatworm at Kosciuszko National Park, NSW
Identification history
| Caenoplana coerulea | 31 Mar 2021 | turb | ||
| Platyhelminthes sp. (phylum) | 4 Sep 2019 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Platyhelminthes sp. (phylum) | 26 Aug 2019 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Hirudinidae sp. (family) | 25 Aug 2019 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 12 Nov 2018 | MattBeitzel |
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Blue worm
5 comments
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
26 Aug 2019
Hi Matt
Thanks for your contribution/photo. I have downloaded the original photo, cropped it and added it back to aid in identification.
Thanks for your contribution/photo. I have downloaded the original photo, cropped it and added it back to aid in identification.
MattBeitzel
wrote:
26 Aug 2019
definitely not a leech. despite the look on the photo there was no anterior or posterior sucker.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.302811-36.498692
- Altitude 1175.4m
- Maps Kosciuszko National Park
- Places Kosciuszko National Park, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 5 Oct 2018 11:08 AM Recorded on
- MattBeitzel Recorded by
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Other Invertebrates Flatworms (Platyhelminthes) MattBeitzel Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Species information
- Caenoplana coerulea Scientific name
- Blue Planarian, Blue Garden Flatworm Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1809.4m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
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