GEOPLANIDAE Stimpson, 1857
(many-eyed land flatworms)

GEOPLANIDAE (many-eyed land flatworms) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Species 1 references
Subfamily 2 subtaxa 2 references
Genus 2 subtaxa 2 references
Species 2 references
Subfamily 6 subtaxa 2 trophisms 13 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyGEOPLANIDAE (many-eyed land flatworms)
SuperfamilyGEOPLANOIDEA (a superfamily of flatworms)
SuborderCONTINENTICOLA (a suborder of flatworms)
OrderTRICLADIDA
ClassRHABDITOPHORA (a class of flatworms)
PhylumPLATYHELMINTHES (flatworms, tapeworms, flukes)
SuperphylumPROTOSTOMIA (protostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for GEOPLANIDAE (many-eyed land flatworms)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Buglife Potwatch www.buglife.org.uk/get-involved/surveys/potwatch/?fbclid=IwAR37OiXxGzp9vjRyygL60tkkXMi_NPqp9QhUmPVVQCNEzLNc3pzEXPEdSp8
in the field () Jones H.D. 2003 Land flatworms and nemertines in Cornwall Kovadha Kernow Vol 7: 3-5.
Jones, H. Flatworm Zoo www.youtube.com/user/flatwormzoo/videos
Jones, H.D. 2005 Identification: British land flatworms British Wildlife Feb: 189-194.

GEOPLANIDAE (many-eyed land flatworms) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to GEOPLANIDAE (many-eyed land flatworms):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 50 images of GEOPLANIDAE (many-eyed land flatworms)

The pale dorsal stripes are only visible in a strong light. Animals can be identified from good photographs or specimens preserved in alcohol.

Animals can be preserved in 70% alcohol, after a few seconds in hot water to kill them in an extended state.

The animals are best photographed on a wet roofing tile or similar flat, dark surface. The wet flat surface encourages the animals to extend and the dark colour allows strong illumination to show up the weakly reflective dorsal stripes.

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