Australian crayfish flatworm
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The Australian crayfish flatworm is native to Western Australia.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Australian crayfish flatworm
- Scientific name
- Temnosewellia minor
- Japanese name
- オーストラリアザリガニヤドリツノムシ
- Group
- Freshwater animals
- Class
- Turbellaria
- Order
- Rhabdocoela
- Family
- Temnocephalidae
- Genus
- Temnosewellia
A flatworm related to planarians that lives attached to the bodies of Australian crayfish.
It feeds on organic matter in the water, so it is thought not to harm the crayfish.
Basic data
- Size
- Body length: about 5 mm
- Diet
- Organic matter in the water
- Range
- Western Australia
Where the Australian crayfish flatworm has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — オーストラリアザリガニヤドリツノムシChecked: 2026-11-04
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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