The Platydemus Monokwari also known as the New Guinea flatworm is a flatworm that survives in hot, wet climates and is typically 55 mm long and 5 mm wide. What makes this flatworm so invasive is that they change the ecosystem or environment for multiple different species of plants and animals and it’s very hard and almost impossible to keep under control. One characteristic that makes the New Guinea flatworm invasive is the fact that they devour local snails. First, according to NewsCurrents, “These worms are experts at hunting and eating snails,” the article also states how these worms have “wiped out entire land snail populations on some islands.” Snails are an important part of the ecosystem because they play a big part in the food chain, for example birds, mammals, and some snakes eat snails to survive, even humans eat snails sometimes. Snails also help the decomposition process which leads to plants not getting enough nutrients from the matter and the matter will store up and take up room in a biome or area. …show more content…
Earthworm’s existence should not be overlooked because these small creatures make air pockets in the soil for plants and helps with other parts of the ecosystem. Without earthworms, the environments of other species would be in a lot of trouble because for example, if a certain plant species dies off other species would die because of the disruption in the food