Flatworms (Platyhelminthes)
Flatworms (phylum Platyhelminthes) Flatworms are found in marine, freshwater, and even damp terrestrial environments. Most are free-living forms, but many are parasitic on other animals.
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Discussion
turb
wrote:
10 Mar 2026
In the light of examining various other records of land planarians, I have reviewed this record andam now of the opinion that it is a lightly pigmented specimen of Caenoplana sulphurea.
Caenoplana sulphurea
turb
wrote:
29 Jun 2025
This is a trick specimen to identify. The median paired stripes present the best clue that the species is Caenoplana variegata. The lateral stripes are thin and discontinuous. The species is living up to its specific epithet - variable!
Fletchamia sugdeni does not have longitudinal stripes as in your specimen. Rather it s body is Canary yellow with possibly some suggestion of stripes at the head end. The eye pattern is quite different to Caenoplana.
Fletchamia sugdeni does not have longitudinal stripes as in your specimen. Rather it s body is Canary yellow with possibly some suggestion of stripes at the head end. The eye pattern is quite different to Caenoplana.
Caenoplana variegata
courtneyb
wrote:
26 Apr 2025
Thank you! This one didn’t have a white stripe - you’re right it’s just the light reflection.
Caenoplana spenceri
Significant sightings
- Caenoplana citrina
- Fletchamia quinquelineata at Coolatai, NSW
- Fletchamia sugdeni at Great Otway National Park
- Artioposthia adelaidensis at Woodforde, SA
- Caenoplana sulphurea
- Australopacifica scaphoidea at Tathra, NSW
- Lenkunya munda at Cotter River, ACT
- Caenoplana variegata at Thurgoona, NSW
- Fletchamia mediolineata at Seaview, VIC
- Bipalium kewense at Berry, NSW
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