Phylum Platyhelminthes (flatworms), class 'Turbellaria' (free-living flatworms), order Seriata, family Geoplanidae.
Original description from Moseley 1877. “Eyes absent from the front of the anterior extremity, but present in two lateral elongate crowded patches placed just behind the anterior extremity and scattered sparsely on the lateral margins of the body for its entire extent. Entire body of a dark prussian blue colour, somewhat lighter on the under surface of the body and with a single, narrow, mesial, dorsal, longitudinal stripe of white. Length 5cm, extreme breadth 4mm, mouth central, generative aperture 8mm, posterior to the mouth.”
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ANBG South Annex Aranda Bushland Bruce Ridge Bullen Range Campbell Park Woodland City Renewal Authority Area Crace Grasslands Farrer Ridge Flea Bog Flat, Bruce Ginninderry Conservation Corridor Gossan Hill Kosciuszko National Park Lyneham Wetland Molonglo River Reserve Mount Ainslie Mount Painter Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Red Hill Nature Reserve Tallaganda National Park The Pinnacle Tuggeranong Hill Tumut State Forest Umbagong District Park Urambi Hills Woodstock Nature ReservePoints of interest
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Acton, ACT Bruce, ACT Calwell, ACT Conder, ACT Cook, ACT Deakin, ACT Denman Prospect, ACT Evatt, ACT Farrer, ACT Flynn, ACT Garran, ACT Googong, NSW Goulburn, NSW Hackett, ACT Hawker, ACT Higgins, ACT Holt, ACT Isaacs, ACT Kambah, ACT Kosciuszko National Park, NSW Latham, ACT Lyneham, ACT Mitchell, ACT Molonglo Valley, ACT O'Connor, ACT Paddys River, ACT Palerang, NSW Pialligo, ACT Red Hill, ACT Stirling, ACT Stromlo, ACT Theodore, ACT Tuggeranong DC, ACT Watson, ACT Weetangera, ACT Wereboldera, NSWReceive alerts when new sightings are reported
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