Bipalium fuscatum
Bipalium fuscatum is a species of land planarian first described by William Stimpson in 1857.[1][2] This hammerhead flatworm may be able to survive for days in a human lung as a pseudoparasite.[3]
| Bipalium fuscatum | |
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| The head of a Bipalium fuscatum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Family: | Geoplanidae |
| Genus: | Bipalium |
| Species: | B. fuscatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Bipalium fuscatum Stimpson, 1857 | |
References
- "Bipalium fuscatum Stimpson, 1857". www.gbif.org.
- "ITIS - Report: Bipalium fuscatum". www.itis.gov.
- Walton, Bryce; Yokogawa, Muneo (June 1972). "Terrestrial Turbellarians (Tricladida: Bipaliidae) as Pseudoparasites of Man". The Journal of Parasitology. 58 (3): 444–446. doi:10.2307/3278185.
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