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Hammerhead tetrodotoxin, which disrupts neurons’ signaling to muscles, can sicken pets if they eat the worms, according to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
Bipalium species are predatory.Some species prey on earthworms, while others may also feed on mollusks. [10] [11] These flatworms can track their prey. [12]When captured, earthworms begin to react to the attack, but the flatworm uses the muscles in its body, as well as sticky secretions, to attach itself to the earthworm to prevent escape.
Bipalium kewense, also known as the shovel-headed garden worm, is a species of large predatory land planarian with a cosmopolitan distribution. [1] [2] It is sometimes referred to as a "hammerhead flatworm" due to its half-moon-shaped head, but this name is also used to refer to other species in the subfamily Bipaliinae.
Tetrodotoxin inhibits TTX-s Na + channels at concentrations of around 1–10 nM, [28] whereas micromolar concentrations of tetrodotoxin are required to inhibit TTX-r Na + channels. [29] Nerve cells containing TTX-r Na + channels are located primarily in cardiac tissue, while nerve cells containing TTX-s Na + channels dominate the rest of the body.
Recently, it has been confirmed that the potent neurotoxin tetrodotoxin is present in B. adventitium. Its function is yet unknown, but it may be used as a defense against predators or as a way to subdue prey. [6] Two individuals of Bipalium adventitium wrapped around each other, probably mating. Bipalium adventitium from Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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Halicephalobus gingivalis is a free-living saprophagous nematode species identified and named in 1954 by Stefanski. It is a facultative parasite of horses, invading the nasal cavity, and sometimes numerous other areas, where it produces granulomatous masses.