Id please (flatworm)

sebba28 · Post by **sebba28** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 4:56 am

Interesting to me are these two small aliens.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yA_A8Zdgi3M

Bruce Taylor · Post by **Bruce Taylor** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 6:26 am

I don't know what genus it is, but it's got quite the protrusible pharynx.

sebba28 · Post by **sebba28** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 3:47 am

After a small research, it turned out that it is a leech Helobdella sp.
And those two little hichhikers are its young.

Left: Ventral surface of parent showing attached eggs.
Right: Dorsal surface of adult with young peeking out from under the parent.

Bruce Taylor · Post by **Bruce Taylor** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 5:25 am

Fascinating!