Parakontikia atrata

The Black planarian at Bruce, ACT

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Identification history

	Parakontikia atrata	20 May 2021	turb
	Caenoplana coerulea	20 May 2021	trevorpreston

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This seemed to be pure black, the stripe is a reflection. Only about 10mm long, is it a juvenile blue garden flatworm?

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turb wrote:

20 May 2021

From your description (pure black), size, and photo, it is Parakontikia atrata. The species can quite often be found hunting at night along the margins of dams and creeks where it may feed on dead insects and other carrion washed up on the shore. Also feeds upon snails.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.086111 -35.251389
Altitude 647.0m
Maps Flea Bog Flat, Bruce Bruce Ridge to Gossan Hill
Places Bruce, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
20 May 2021 03:50 PM Recorded on
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Other Invertebrates Flatworms (Platyhelminthes) trevorpreston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Species information

Parakontikia atrata Scientific name
The Black planarian Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 808.7m Recorded at altitude
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