Caenoplana coerulea

Blue Planarian, Blue Garden Flatworm at Perisher Valley, NSW

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	Caenoplana coerulea	21 Aug 2024	turb
	Caenoplana coerulea	21 Aug 2024	MB

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turb wrote:

21 Aug 2024

This Royal blue-coloured specimen is typical of those found at altitude in the alpine regions. The species is usually a dark greenish Prussian Blue colour, with a Royal Blue ventral surface. However, at altitude, the dorsal colour is much lighter. Other blue-green species, such as Caenoplana spenceri also exhibit this phenomenon in the alpine region.

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1 Abundance
29 Dec 2009 03:49 PM Recorded on
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Other Invertebrates Flatworms (Platyhelminthes) MB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

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Caenoplana coerulea Scientific name
Blue Planarian, Blue Garden Flatworm Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1809.4m Recorded at altitude
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