Lenkunya munda

6 A flatworm at Cotter River, ACT

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Identification history

Lenkunya munda	20 Oct 2021	turb
Lenkunya munda	20 Oct 2021	turb
Unidentified	20 Oct 2021	SWishart

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Significant sighting

trevorpreston noted:

20 Oct 2021

This is the first sighting of this species on Canberra Nature Map.

User's notes

Under a log - very beautiful. About 3-4 cm long in what looked like a fairly relaxed position (so not stretched out).

2 comments

trevorpreston wrote:

20 Oct 2021

Thanks for such a great sighting! A beautiful flatworm, and probably the first sighting of this species on Canberra Nature Map.
I'm having a bit of a guess here when I say possibly Australopacifica lucasi, but I don't have much info to go on, and Ill leave it up to turb to identify this one. I hope this gets marked as significant as a first.

turb wrote:

20 Oct 2021

It is interesting that both comments refer to Lenkunya munda as a beautiful flatworm ... which undoubtedly it is. In fact the name Lenkunya means beautiful, referring to all members of this genus, while the specific epithet means clean, nice and neat.

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Location information

Coordinates 148.772058 -35.487447
Altitude 1621.3m
Maps Namadgi National Park
Places Cotter River, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
6 Oct 2021 11:29 AM Recorded on
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Significant Featured Other Invertebrates Flatworms (Platyhelminthes) SWishart Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Species information

Lenkunya munda Scientific name
A flatworm Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1621.3m Recorded at altitude
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