Bipalium fuscatum | |
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The head of a Bipalium fuscatum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Order: | Tricladida |
Family: | Geoplanidae |
Genus: | Bipalium |
Species: | B. fuscatum |
Binomial name | |
Bipalium fuscatum Stimpson, 1857 | |
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]
Tryonia is a genus of freshwater snails in the family Hydrobiidae. This genus is sometimes placed in the family Cochliopidae
William Stimpson was an American scientist. He was interested particularly in marine biology. Stimpson became an important early contributor to the work of the Smithsonian Institution and later, director of the Chicago Academy of Sciences.
Rissooidea, originally named Rissoacea by Gray, 1847, is a taxonomic superfamily of small and minute marine snails, belonging to the clade Littorinimorpha.
Littorinimorpha is a large order of snails, gastropods, consisting primarily of sea snails, but also including some freshwater snails and land snails.
Tellina is a widely distributed genus of marine bivalve molluscs, in the family Tellinidae.
Caecum is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod micromolluscs or micromollusks in the family Caecidae or blind shells.
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Truncatelloidea is a superfamily of snails, gastropod mollusks in the clade Caenogastropoda.
Bipaliinae is a subfamily of land planarians found mainly in Madagascar, the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, although some species have been introduced worldwide.
Geoplana is a genus of land planarians from South America.
Ericthonius is a genus of amphipods in the family Ischyroceridae. There are at least 20 described species in Ericthonius.
Emplectonema is a genus of worms belonging to the family Emplectonematidae.
Valenciniidae is a family of worms belonging to the order Heteronemertea.
Diplopleura is a genus of nemerteans belonging to the family Lineidae.
Atyoida is a genus of freshwater shrimp in the family Atyidae. There are four species in the genus, each endemic to a different island group. The type species, Atyoida bisulcata, is endemic to Hawaiʻi and described by John Witt Randall in 1840.
Bipalium adensameri is a species of predatory land planarian. It has been found on Java in Indonesia as well as in Vietnam.
Chamaemelum fuscatum, commonly known as dusky dogfennel or dark chamomile, is an annual herb in the family Asteraceae, native to Europe and introduced to California and other areas of the continental United States. It is typically found in disturbed sites and grasslands, blooming in March and April.