Artioposthia howitti

3 Howitt's planarian at Namadgi National Park

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Identification history

	Artioposthia howitti	20 Nov 2023	turb
	Fletchamia sugdeni	20 Nov 2023	PeterCaley

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On Mount Gingera summit trail

2 comments

turb wrote:

20 Nov 2023

Your specimen lacks the eye pattern of Fletchamia, and also F. sugdeni has no stripes. Your specimen has two pairs of dorsal stripes, though they are discontinuous. The species has previously been recorded from the Cotter area.

PeterCaley wrote:

20 Nov 2023

Thanks.

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Location information

Coordinates 148.780472 -35.577083
Altitude 1851.0m
Maps Namadgi National Park
Places Cotter River, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
5 Nov 2023 11:36 AM Recorded on
PeterCaley Recorded by
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Other Invertebrates Flatworms (Platyhelminthes) PeterCaley Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Species information

Artioposthia howitti Scientific name
Howitt's planarian Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1850.99m Recorded at altitude
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