Terrestrial planarians (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Terricola) predaceous on terrestrial gastropods.

Terrestrial planarians (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Terricola) predaceous on terrestrial gastropods.
Chapter: 5 (PageNo: 227)

Winsor, L. Johns, P. M. Barker, G. M.

2004 CABI (H ISBN 9780851993195)

This chapter describes the taxonomy and systematics of the Tricladida (terrestrial Tricladida, Bipaliidae, Rhynchodemidae, Geoplanidae), general biology and ecology (physical ecology, reproduction and reproductive ecology, natural enemies), terrestrial planarians as invasive species, their feeding and prey-handling strategies (search behaviour, capture, ingestion and digestion, pseudoparasitism or symbiosis, prey preferences) and their role in biological control.

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