New Zealand flatworm
Scientific name: Arthurdendyus triangulatus (Dendy, 1895)
Other common names:
Identification features
- Very flat body
- Brown body with pale edges speckled
- Sticky
- Pale speckled underside
- Pointed ends
Impact
- Predation on native earthworm species
- May cause indirect reduced soil quality
- May indirectly impact on species dependent on earthworms
Known distribution
This is its known distribution as of November, 2011
Additional information links
- View fact sheet by the GB NNSS
- View fact sheet by NOBANIS
- Access interactive distribution map
- View the Impact of New Zealand flatworm on agriculture and wildlife in Scotland poster (Scottish Crop research Institute)
Images
 New Zealand flatworm (Andrew Holmes) |
 Underside of New Zealand flatworm (Heather McDonald) |
 New Zealand Flatworm (Aisling Nic an tSithigh) |
 New Zealand flatworm (Heather McDonald) |
