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Not enough detail can be seen in the photo to identify.| Insufficient or inconclusive evidence | trevorpreston | 17 Mar 2025 | |
| Unverified | VanceLawrence | 17 Mar 2025 |
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15cm long by 2mm or 3mm wide, black coloured worm. Seen moving through algal deposit on the bottom of one of the feeder creeks for Bogong Creek (WaterWatch Bogong Creek Central sample site)
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17 Mar 2025
Unfortunately not enough detail in the photo for an ID. Probably a leech, but possibly a flatworm.
17 Mar 2025
Thanks @trevorpreston . It was a long shot. Just that we've been sampling at that site since 2016 and never seen an aquatic invertebrate there of that size.
18 Mar 2025
I would love to know myself. I hope the oportunity to get a better photo comes along.
Cheers.
Cheers.
18 Mar 2025
I have fiddled with the image but unfortunately cannot extract sufficient clarity to venture an ID. From the overall shape and details provided, it could be a flatworm. They can survive under water, though few species of which I am aware would enter water of their own volition.
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