#4943 · 🪼 jellyfish, starfish, worms & co

two-tone planarian

🇳🇱 Grote Australische geelstreep ·Caenoplana variegata

🪼 Jellyfish, starfish, worms & co 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Mick Massie · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Reiner Richter · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Reiner Richter · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Reiner Richter · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © Reiner Richter · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © Reiner Richter · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. Wageningen, Netherlands:© sytskew · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Sandringham VIC, Australia:© John Eichler · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 9451 GW Rolde, Nederland:© waalco · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Black Rock VIC, Australia:© John Eichler · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Caenoplana variegata is a species of land planarian. It was first described in 1888 as Geoplana variegata by Joseph James Fletcher and Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton. The currently accepted name is Caenoplana variegata although the name accepted by Australian authorities is Australopacifica variegata .

base stats

NL sightings 6iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,065iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).