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Bipalium kewense Broadhead planarian (so mad I couldn't get a shot of its cool head shape) in a moist (recently flooded), meadowy valley. My best guess is Bipalium pennsylvanicum. Bipalium kewense is my second-best guess. Waiting on some input from experts, but I'm going with the first for now! Bipalium kewense,Geotagged,Summer,United States Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Bipalium kewense

Broadhead planarian (so mad I couldn't get a shot of its cool head shape) in a moist (recently flooded), meadowy valley. My best guess is Bipalium pennsylvanicum. Bipalium kewense is my second-best guess. Waiting on some input from experts, but I'm going with the first for now!

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  1. View Christine Young's profile
    Christine Young
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    Niiiiceee! This is so cool! I have never found one! Posted 6 years ago
    1. View Flown Kimmerling's profile
      Flown Kimmerling
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      Thanks! I thought it was too cooolll! Posted 6 years ago
  3. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Incredible! I had to look up what a planarian is, as we have so few documented. Nice species intro! Posted 6 years ago
    1. View Flown Kimmerling's profile
      Flown Kimmerling
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      Haha! I just corrected the ID. Turned out to be my second guess! Or at least that is the consensus right now :P Posted 6 years ago, modified 6 years ago
      1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
        Ferdy Christant
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        I know that little dopamine shot of introducing a species, but it's naturally still an observation that is very valuable. It's a super interesting species. Posted 6 years ago
        1. View Flown Kimmerling's profile
          Flown Kimmerling
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          Of course! The expert I spoke to said there is a slight possibility of the other, but it is hard to tell without a view of the head.

          I do get a little rush from new species, but I'm not any less excited about finding this cool guy. They are introduced, predatory planarians to my knowledge!           Posted 6 years ago, modified 6 years ago

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The Shovel-headed Garden Worm

''Bipalium kewense'' is a species of large predatory land planarian with a cosmopolitan distribution. It is sometimes referred to as a "hammerhead flatworm" due to its half-moon-shaped head, but this name is also used to refer to other species in the subfamily Bipaliinae.

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Similar species: Tricladida
Species identified by Flown Kimmerling
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By Flown Kimmerling

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Uploaded Feb 13, 2019. Captured Jul 21, 2018 22:00 in 234 Oakman Rd NE, Ranger, GA 30734, USA.
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  • Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
  • f/3.5
  • 1/125s
  • ISO400
  • 60mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.