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VOL. 10, ISSUE 1 (2025)
New species record of hammer-headed worm (Bipalium Spp.) from Jhansi, Bundelkhand region, India
Authors
Rabindra Kumar Saroniya
Abstract

In present study, total 5 specimens were collected and preserved. In live condition, the animal was showing bright brownish colour on the dorsal body. They had a dark brown colour with a whitish long groove having alimentary canal, and a gonopore on the ventral side. Eye spots were present on the semilunar head. One white band was present on the rim of the semi-lunar head, and a narrow neck was also present. There was no other band found on the body. The entire body was slimy, dorso-ventrally flattened and bilaterally symmetrical. The biometric measurements were taken as Body length (40-64 mm), Body Width (4-7mm), Head Breadth (5-6 mm), Neck Breadth (3-4 mm), and distance between anterior end to Gonopore (26-46 mm). It also differs from all 29 species found in India. In this paper, the author recorded the new species Bipalium bundelensis for the first time in Jhansi of the Bundelkhand region, Uttar Pradesh (India). 

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Pages:45-48
How to cite this article:
Rabindra Kumar Saroniya "New species record of hammer-headed worm (<i>Bipalium Spp</i>.) from Jhansi, Bundelkhand region, India". International Journal of Zoology Studies, Vol 10, Issue 1, 2025, Pages 45-48
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