Monday, 26 January 1998
The following update on the identity of the predatory terrestrial
planarian was just received from Doug Yanega <dyanega at mono.icb.ufmg.br>:
>Since everyone is guessing at Bipalium, but these have hammer-shaped
>heads (mine had a small, acutely pointed head - and I am familiar with B.
>kewense), so I think folks have not hit upon the right critter yet. The
>coloration was black and yellow, with the black in a narrow stripe at the
>midline, then (on each side) a broad yellow band, a broad black band, a
>narrow yellow band, a broad black band, and a narrow yellow margin. The
>mouth appeared to be about halfway along the body, which was nowhere
>wider than about 5 mm or so, even though it was about 50 mm long when
>stretched out. I photographed it while it was coiled around the slug, but
>did not keep it (I knew not how, forsooth, though several kind folks have
>since sent me instructions on how to preserve planarians). Leigh Winsor
>informs me that there were keys written to the planarians of Minas
>Gerais, this may be my best bet, and I'm looking into this.
>Thanks,
>Doug Yanega Depto. de Biologia Geral, Instituto de Ciencias
>Biologicas, Univ. Fed. de Minas Gerais, Cx.P. 486, 30.161-970 Belo
>Horizonte, MG BRAZIL
Mary E. Petersen
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