Bipalium kewense

Licence: 
Creative Commons Licence
Imaging technique: 
Photograph
Description: 

Dorsal aspect of the planarian (Bipalium kewense) with a partial view of the ventral surface. Note the rounded posterior end indicating reproduction by scissiparity.

B. kewense, general morphology, ventral surface.
The dark transverse neck band is incomplete ventrally, and the paired diffuse grey-purplish stripes delineate the off-white creeping sole. The position of the mouth is indicated by *, and the approximate position of the plicate protrusible pharynx within the body is evident as the pale area either side of the mouth.

Published and commented in:

Justine J, Winsor L, Gey D, Gros P, Thévenot J. (2018) Giant worms chez moi! Hammerhead flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae, Bipalium spp., Diversibipalium spp.) in metropolitan France and overseas French territories. PeerJ 6:e4672 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4672

Creator: 
Pierre Gros
Taxonomic name: 
Bipalium kewense (Continenticola)
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith