Planaria, Greenbush, Kansas

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This wild-caught planaria (37° 30′ 36″ N; 94° 59′ 36″ W), likely of the genus Dugesia, was found living on the underside of water foliage. Notice the marked eye-like photoreceptors used by these animals to sense a broad range of light wavelengths.

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