General Care Discussion :: Are there many types of planaria?

[aeviaanah]

I found two types of worms in my RES tank. I found this website and it shows two images of planaria that are completely different. Both images are very similar to what I see in my tank. One is definitely a hit, the picture on the right (flat worm). The other unidentified worm is very similar to the picture on the left. Whats goin on here??

[Kurtni]

Planaria is an entire genus worth of animals and a large genus, so thousands of types. A lot of people use the term "planarian" to refer colloquially to all flatworms which would be hundreds of thousands of worms.

[Roofers123]

there are thousands of types of planaria