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Flatworm

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Flatworm

The flatworm Neppia montana is found in Canterbury mountain streams and springs. It prefers living among stones and boulders rather than on water plants.

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Roger Young, Life in fresh water – Invertebrates, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/11629/flatworm (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Roger Young, published 1 March 2009.