Caenoplana sulphurea

Caenoplana sulphurea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Order:	Tricladida
Family:	Geoplanidae
Genus:	Caenoplana
Species:	C. sulphurea
Binomial name
Caenoplana sulphurea (Fletcher & Hamilton, 1888)

Caenoplana sulphurea is a species of land planarian found in southeastern Australia and since introduced to New Zealand. ^{[1] [2]}

Caenoplana sulphurea was originally described under the name Geoplana sulphurea ^[a] in the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales in 1888. ^[3]

Caenoplana sulphurea is yellow with stripes ranging in colour from greenish grey to black. There are two sets of stripes, one outer and one inner, the latter being wider and darker than the former. ^[4] The species is found in New South Wales and Victoria, as well as being introduced to New Zealand. ^[5]

Notes

1. It was actually misprinted as "sulphureus" but this was corrected in the errata.

References

1. Barker, G. M. (2004). Natural Enemies of Terrestrial Molluscs. CABI. ISBN   978-0-85199-061-3.
2. "Caenoplana sulphurea (Fletcher & Hamilton, 1888)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-03-01.
3. Fletcher, J. J.; Hamilton, A. G. (1887). "Notes on Australian Land-Planarians, with Descriptions of Some New Species. Part I.". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Vol. ser.2:v.2=[v.12] (1887-1888). Sydney: Linnean Society of New South Wales. pp. 365–6.
4. Dendy, Arthur (1891). Additional Observations on the Victorian Land Planarians.
5. Royal Society of Victoria (Melbourne, Vic.); Royal Society of Victoria (Melbourne, Vic ); Royal Society of Victoria (Melbourne, Vic ) (1976). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. New series. Vol. v.88-89 (1976-1977). Melbourne: Stillwell and Co.