Bipalium kewense

Bipalium kewense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Tricladida
Family: Geoplanidae
Genus: Bipalium
Species:
B. kewense
Binomial name
Bipalium kewense
Moseley, 1878
Synonyms
  • Bipalium manubriatum Sharp, 1891
  • Sphyrocephalus kewensis Hallez, 1893
  • Placocephalus kewensis Graff, 1896
  • Placocephalus isabellinus Geba, 1909
  • Bipalium costaricense Hyman, 1939

Bipalium kewense, also known as the shovel-headed garden worm, is a species of large predatory land planarian with a cosmopolitan distribution. It is sometimes referred to as a "hammerhead flatworm" due to its half-moon-shaped head, but this name is also used to refer to other species in the subfamily Bipaliinae.

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