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Planaria

Photo by luker302
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31.3283, -94.7202

Field Notes

Description:

Non parasitic flat worm, two eye spots on head, 5-10 mm, usually brown and a scavenger

Habitat:

Under logs and rocks in spring water

Notes:

If cut in half, both sides will regenerate to form two planaria

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Comments (3)
Leuba Ridgway
I agree, a great first spotting Luke ! Thanks for the information as well - makes your spotting both interesting and complete. Looking forward to more...
AntónioGinjaGinja
Welcome to Project Noah luker302 Nice first spotting,congrats and thanks for sharing We hope you like the site as much we do; there are many features you can explore: We invite you to go to http://www.projectnoah.org/faq where you will find the purpose and “rules” of Project Noah. There is a blog http://blog.projectnoah.org/ where we post articles from spotters with special insight into different organisms. Look at the global and local missions to put your spottings into: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2015

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