Biology:Bipalium fuscatum
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Short description: Species of flatworm
| Bipalium fuscatum | |
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| The head of a Bipalium fuscatum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Family: | Geoplanidae |
| Genus: | Bipalium |
| Species: | B. fuscatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Bipalium fuscatum Stimpson, 1857
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Bipalium fuscatum is a species of land planarian first described by William Stimpson in 1857. It has been found in Japan , Indonesia, and in parts of continental South Asia and East Asia such as China , India and Korea.[1][2][3] This hammerhead flatworm may be able to survive for days in a human lung as a pseudoparasite.[4]
References
- ↑ "Bipalium fuscatum" (in en). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/776638-Bipalium-fuscatum.
- ↑ "Bipalium fuscatum Stimpson, 1857". https://www.gbif.org/species/6476058.
- ↑ "ITIS - Report: Bipalium fuscatum". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1039119#null.
- ↑ Walton, Bryce; Yokogawa, Muneo (June 1972). "Terrestrial Turbellarians (Tricladida: Bipaliidae) as Pseudoparasites of Man". The Journal of Parasitology 58 (3): 444–446. doi:10.2307/3278185.
Wikidata ☰ Q2703013 entry
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