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Flatworms (Platyhelminthes)
Parakontikia atrata
The Black planarian at Bruce, ACT
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
- Places Bruce, ACT
Species information
- Not Sensitive
- Local Native
- Non-Invasive
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 20 May 2021 03:50 PM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
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