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Arrowhead flatworm

Bipalium kewense Moseley, 1878

Status not recordedworms

The arrowhead flatworm (Bipalium kewense) is a species in the family Geoplanidae, order Tricladida.

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Quick facts about the arrowhead flatworm

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the arrowhead flatworm live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the arrowhead flatworm as introduced in 12 countries.

  1. Belgium
  2. Brazil
  3. Cuba
  4. Denmark
  5. France
  6. French Polynesia
  7. Ireland
  8. Japan
  9. Mexico
  10. South Africa
  11. St. Martin
  12. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the arrowhead flatworm endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the arrowhead flatworm classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumPlatyhelminthes
  3. orderTricladida
  4. familyGeoplanidae
  5. genusBipalium
  6. SpeciesBipalium kewense Moseley, 1878

Synonyms Kontikia kewense, Placocephalus kewensis, Sphyrocephalus kewense

Other names and names in other languages (15)
  • Common hammerhead wormEnglish
  • Hammerhead flatwormEnglish
  • Shovel-headed garden wormEnglish
  • Spade-headed planarianEnglish
  • ploštěnka skleníkováCzech
  • HammerhaiwurmGerman
  • Planaria asiática cabeza de martilloSpanish
  • ansarilattanaFinnish
  • ワタリコウガイビルJapanese
  • HamerhoofdplatwormDutch
  • Planária-cabeça-de-marteloPortuguese
  • bredhuvad landplanarieSwedish
  • หนอนหัวขวานหัวลูกศรThai
  • 柯氏廣頭地渦蟲Chinese
  • HamerhoofdlandplatwormDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the arrowhead flatworm

Other species in the same genus Bipalium.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the arrowhead flatworm an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the arrowhead flatworm as introduced in 12 countries, including Belgium, Brazil, Cuba, Denmark and France, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the arrowhead flatworm?

The arrowhead flatworm (Bipalium kewense) belongs to the family Geoplanidae in the order Tricladida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Arrowhead flatworm (Bipalium kewense). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/arrowhead-flatworm

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“Arrowhead flatworm (Bipalium kewense).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/arrowhead-flatworm.

BibTeX
@misc{arrowhead_flatworm_2026,
  title = {Arrowhead flatworm (Bipalium kewense)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/arrowhead-flatworm},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}