We have also reported recent invasions overseas. Our team thus reported and mapped the invasion by several species: the New Guinea flatworm ( Platydemus manokwari), the giant hammerhead worms (especially Bipalium kewense) and the oddly named Obama nungara, which alone has invaded more than 70 departments in France. How to tell the species apart?įor about ten years, we have known that flatworms have invaded the gardens of France. Its name: Humbertium covidum – we will come back to this name later. ![]() Its colour is quite extraordinary: totally black, it is reminiscent of “liquid metal”. ![]() The species is elongated, with a broader head, like all hammer-headed flatworms. This species is a flatworm, the size of one knuckle of your little finger. In a very different way, we are now reporting the existence of a new species found in France, but which has been introduced, and which is even potentially capable of invading our gardens. In most cases, these are native species, present here for a long time, but which had so far escaped the attention of scientists. A hundred animal or plant new species are described each year in metropolitan France.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |