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GrnPlan_2279.jpg - Green planarian.  Planaria are small unsegmented flatworms which are  not  parasitic.  They feed on detritus within the muck and leaf litter of the pool bottom.  The green planarian,  Dalyellia viridis  is green because of the symbiotic zoochlorellae (algae) within its body.

Green planarian. Planaria are small unsegmented flatworms which are not parasitic. They feed on detritus within the muck and leaf litter of the pool bottom. The green planarian, Dalyellia viridis is green because of the symbiotic zoochlorellae (algae) within its body. Download
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