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Bipalium adventitium

Hyman, 1943

Wandering Broadhead Planarian

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Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1137511
Element CodeIPTUR16010
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryInvertebrate Animal
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumPlatyhelminthes
ClassTurbellaria
OrderTricladida
FamilyBipalidae
GenusBipalium
Concept Reference
Hyman, L.H. 1943. Endemic and exotic land planarians in the United States: with a discussion of necessary changes of names in the Rhynchodemidae. American Museum Novitates 1241:1-21.
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

This species is more commonly found in suburban areas and nurseries where exotic plants are prevalent. It is found in gardens and woodlands under objects like leaf litter, where the soil is moist (Ducey and Noce 1998, iNaturalist 2019) .
Other Nations (1)
United StatesNNA
ProvinceRankNative
OregonSNANo
Roadless Areas (7)
Tennessee (1)
AreaForestAcres
Stone MountainCherokee National Forest5,367
Utah (5)
AreaForestAcres
Boulder MountainWasatch-Cache National Forest8,852
Mahogany RangeWasatch-Cache National Forest11,409
Mt. Logan NorthWasatch-Cache National Forest18,930
Mt. Logan SouthWasatch-Cache National Forest17,014
Mt. Logan WestWasatch-Cache National Forest5,285
Virginia (1)
AreaForestAcres
Brush MountainJefferson National Forest6,002
References (6)
  1. Ducey, P. K., and S. Noce. 1998. Successful invasion of New York State by the terrestrial flatworm, <i>Bipalium adventitium</i>. Northeastern Naturalist 5(3):199–206.
  2. Hyman, L.H. 1943. Endemic and exotic land planarians in the United States: with a discussion of necessary changes of names in the Rhynchodemidae. American Museum Novitates 1241:1-21.
  3. iNaturalist. Online. Available: http://www.inaturalist.org (accessed 2019).
  4. Justine, J-L., T. Thery, D. Gey, and L. Winsor. 2019. First record of the invasive land flatworm <i>Bipalium adventitium</i> (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae) in Canada. Zootaxa 4656(3):591-595.
  5. Kawakatsu, M., R. E. Ogren, and E. M. Froehlich. 1997. The taxonomic revision of several homonyms in the genus <i>Bipalium</i>, family Bipaliidae (Turbellaria, Seriata, Tricladida, Terricola). The Bulletin of Fuji Women’s College Series 2, 36: 83–93.
  6. Ogren, R. E. 1984. Exotic land planarians of the genus <i>Bipalium </i>(Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria) from Pennsylvania and the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science 58:193–201.