Hundreds of planarian species exist worldwide, representing a rich phenotypic diversity.
This chapter presents an overview of the morphology and anatomy of various taxonomic …

Background Species of the genera Bipalium and Diversibipalium, or bipaliines, are giants
among land planarians (family Geoplanidae), reaching length of 1 m; they are also easily …

Non-indigenous terrestrial flatworms (Platyhelminthes) have been recorded in thirteen
European countries. They include Bipalium kewense and Dolichoplana striata that are …

Background Obama nungara is a species of land flatworm originating from South America;
the species was recently described and distinguished from a similar species, Obama …

Many tropical terrestrial planarians (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae) have been introduced
around the globe. One of these species is known to cause significant decline in earthworm …

The land planarian Platydemus manokwari de Beauchamp, 1963 or “New Guinea flatworm”
is a highly invasive species, mainly in the Pacific area, and recently in Europe (France). We …

We report for the first time the occurrence of Obama marmorata in the Iberian Peninsula as
an introduced species from the Neotropical Region. The species is also reported for the first …

Among other factors, globalization has promoted the spread of alien organisms, posing a
great risk to Earth's biodiversity. Land planarians of the family Geoplanidae especially …

Background The land flatworm Amaga expatria (Geoplanidae) was described from two
specimens collected in Bermuda in 1963 and 1988 and not recorded since. Methods On the …

The land flatworm Platydemus manokwari (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae) is recorded from
the islands of Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Saint Martin in the Caribbean arc. Photographs …