New Zealand Invertebrates

DSC_9517 Granulated land planarian (Artioposthia sp.) in beech forest, Cobb Saddle. The genus Artioposthia is heterogeneous and comprises a number of genera. This undescribed species and another (Artioposthia laingii) belong together in one of these genera. The unusual surface granulation of these two species, has not been described in other New Zealand flatworms *

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DSC_9517 Granulated land planarian (Artioposthia sp.) in beech forest, Cobb Saddle. The genus Artioposthia is heterogeneous and comprises a number of genera. This undescribed species and another (Artioposthia laingii) belong together in one of these genera. The unusual surface granulation of these two species, has not been described in other New Zealand flatworms *

Flatworm DSC 9517 Planarian Artioposthia laingii beech forest Cobb valley Saddle heterogeneous surface granulation