Terrestrial Flatworm (Terricola) from a Sulawesi rainforest - Indonesia

Description:

Description: L: ~10-15 cm Subfamily: Bipaliinae ? (Arrowhead Flatworms) Family: Geoplanidae STIMPSON, 1857 (Land planarians) Superfamily Geoplanoidea STIMPSON, 1857 Suborder: Continenticola CARRANZA et al., 1998 (Syn.: Terricola; terrestrial flatworm, Landplanarie) Order: Tricladida LANG, 1884 (triclads) (Order: Seriata BRESSLAU, 1928-1933) Class: Turbellaria EHRENBERG, 1831 (turbellarian flatworms, Strudelwürmer) Phylum: Plathelminthes GEGENBAUR, 1859 (flatworm, Plattwürmer) more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoplanidae and: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricladida and: www.thefullwiki.org/Bipaliinae interesting overview: edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in206 Soft, broad, ciliated bodies, a three-branched digestive cavity, and the ability to regenerate body parts; usually living in fresh water, only few species are terrestrial. Indonesia, Sulawesi-Central, Lore Lindo NP: Tambing Lake, ca. 1500m asl., 08.05.2010 _____________________________________________________________________ 100mm macro (canon 2.8), 1/160s, f/16, ISO100, 0EV, internal flash IMG_0890 (photo by Guido Bohne). Date: 8 May 2010, 09:19. Source: terrestrial Flatworm (Terricola) from a Sulawesi rainforest. Author: gbohne from Berlin, Germany.