1 Brown-streaked planarian at Holt, ACT
Identification history
| Lenkunya virgata | 15 Apr 2023 | trevorpreston |
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5 comments
turb
wrote:
15 Apr 2023
Finding the species in an obviously urban situation raises the strong possibility that the species has been inadvertently introduced. Finding multiple specimens in different areas on the property where it has not previously been seen strengthens that possibility. It may take years before introduced species become "obvious" in this way.
trevorpreston
wrote:
15 Apr 2023
Is it possible its a remnant population from a once more common species in this area, or more likely to be the introduced scenario?
turb
wrote:
15 Apr 2023
From memory, so far you have found it at the locality near the Canberra hospital, and now the urban location. It it was a remnant population, I would have expected that you would have found it much earlier in the urban location, and also in other "undeveloped" areas in the district.
trevorpreston
wrote:
15 Apr 2023
I think the only other site is from Umbagong Park from memory, which is some remnant grassy woodland along Ginninderra Creek.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.018219-35.223124
- Altitude 595.0m
- Places Holt, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 15 Apr 2023 10:23 AM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
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Other Invertebrates Flatworms (Platyhelminthes) trevorpreston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Species information
- Lenkunya virgata Scientific name
- Brown-streaked planarian Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 806m Recorded at altitude
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