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Hammerhead Worm

bipalium

Photo by BenKula
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Field Notes

Description:

Bipalium is a genus of large predatory land flatworms, terrestrial planarians. They are often loosely called "hammerhead worms" or "broadhead planarians" because of the distinctive shape of their head region. - wiki

Notes:

Spotted crawling on the floor of Dayang Bunting Island. Length about 13cm long, the head part looks like the shape of an anchor (I belief that was it's head...).

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Bipalium

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
BenKula
Thanks AshleyT for the ID, before this I really thought it was an earthworm or maybe a leech.
AshleyT
It's called a hammerhead worm, genus Bipalium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipalium

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PublishedAugust 28, 2015

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