Live imaging of a planarian flatworm adult pluripotent stem cell shows membrane localization of the TSPAN-1 protein (green). DNA is stained blue. Scale bar is 10 micrometers. Disclaimer ...

Hammerhead flatworms are, you guessed it ... called the wandering broadhead planarian, said Peter Ducey, a professor in biological sciences at the State University of New York at Cortland ...

Some species of hammerhead flatworm have a very pronounced hammer-shaped head, but the species we are finding here in Ohio, the Wandering Broadhead Planarian (Bipalium adventitium) and Three-Lined ...

Planarian flatworms regenerate their heads and tails after amputation. It turns out that they use Wnt–β-catenin signalling to determine where the head and the tail should form. Figure 1 ...

Whitehead Member Peter W. Reddien works to shed light on that mystery through research on the planarian Schmidtea mediterranea, a flatworm with regenerative powers that have captured the imagination ...

A type of flatworm, they are found worldwide and there are 12 known species in the UK. There are two types of planarian worms: some reproduce sexually and some asexually by splitting in two.