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New Guinea flatworm (385) Print Fact Sheet

Summary

Common Name

New Guinea flatworm

Scientific Name

Platydemus manokwari


AUTHOR Graham Jackson
Information from Platydemus manokwari (New Guinea flatworm) (2018) CABI Invasive Species Compendium. (https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/42340#0609B122-9841-41F6-8164-F693839696BE); and Platydemus manokwari. Wikipedia. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platydemus_manokwari); and from Peer J (2015) Discovery in the US of the New Guinea flatworm, one of the worst known invasive species. ScienceDaily. (www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/06/150623095501.htm). Photos 1-2 Platydemus manokwari. Wikipedia. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platydemus_manokwari).

Produced with support from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research under project HORT/2016/18: Responding to emerging pest and disease threats to horticulture in the Pacific islands, implemented by the University of Queensland and the Pacific Community.



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