1 Speckled flatworm at Acton, ACT
Identification history
| Anisorhynchodemus guttatus | 31 Mar 2021 | turb | ||
| Unidentified | 22 Feb 2021 | TimL |
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Unsure as to ID so have placed it under Leeches for now although the body shape doesn't seem quite right. Very active once disturbed. Thanks to Marcus Leach for the initial sighting in ANBG's Rainforest Gully.
2 comments
trevorpreston
wrote:
25 Mar 2021
I've put this in platyhelminthes for now, but it doesn't quite look like the other flatworms I've seen. I'm wondering if this is a terrestrial nemertean, a group I haven't encountered yet and don't know much about. I'm hoping we will get some expertise soon to help with these kinds of animals.
turb
wrote:
31 Mar 2021
The specimen is Anisorhynchodemus guttatus, a native species that occurs from eastern Victoria to south eastern Queensland.
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- Coordinates 149.108735-35.277603
- Altitude 572.4m
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- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 21 Feb 2021 12:52 PM Recorded on
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- Anisorhynchodemus guttatus Scientific name
- Speckled flatworm Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 653.7m Recorded at altitude
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