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Bipalium adventitium is a predatory flatworm in the family Geoplanidae from Asia. It has been accidentally introduced elsewhere, including in North America, where it is considered invasive. Common names given to it and its close relatives are "broadhead planarian" and "hammerhead worm" because of the characteristic head shape.

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