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Wandering Hammerhead Worm
Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Worms & leeches

Wandering Hammerhead Worm

Bipalium vagum Jones & Sterrer, 2005

Names

EnglishWandering Hammerhead Worm
Dutch—
SpanishPlanaria asiática cabeza de martillo
Chinese食蜗笄蛭涡虫
Scientific nameBipalium vagum Jones & Sterrer, 2005

About this species

Bipalium vagum, the wandering hammerhead worm, is a land planarian in the subfamily Bipaliinae. It has been accidentally introduced in the United States, Bermuda and various islands in the Caribbean and was recorded for the first time in Europe, in Italy, in 2021.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumPlatyhelminthes
OrderTricladida
FamilyGeoplanidae
GenusBipalium

In Suriname

3Records in Suriname
5iNaturalist observations
2025First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Brokopondo1
  • Commewijne1
  • Sipaliwini1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Sources & credits

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