Dugesia gonocephala

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Dugesia gonocephala (Dugès, 1830)

domain Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
Bilateria Hatscheck, 1888
Protostomia Grobben, 1908
phylum Platyhelminthes Gegenbaur, 1859
Rhabditophora Ehlers, 1985
order Tricladida Lang, 1884
suborder Continenticola Carranza et al., 1998
superfamily Geoplanoidea Stimpson, 1857
family Dugesiidae Ball, 1974
genus Dugesia Girard, 1850

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Overview

General Description

Species of low triangle-shaped head.

Author(s): Solà, Eduard

Rights holder(s): Solà, Eduard

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Description

Size

Living specimens up to 18 mm in length and 3 mm in width.

Author(s): Solà, Eduard

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Ecology and Distribution

Distribution

European distribution.

Author(s): Solà, Eduard

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Taxonomy

Planaria gonocephala Dugès, 1830 (synonym)
Euplanaria gonocephala Hesse, 1897 (synonym)
Dugesia (Dugesia) gonocephala Ball, 1974a (synonym)

References

de Vries, E. J. (1985). The biogeography of the genus Dugesia (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Paludicola) in the Mediterranean region. Journal of Biogeography. 12, 509-518.

Lázaro, E. M., Sluys R., Pala M., Stocchino G A., Baguñà J., & Riutort M. (2009). Molecular barcoding and phylogeography of sexual and asexual freshwater planarians of the genus Dugesia in the Western Mediterranean (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dugesiidae).. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 52, 835-845. Abstract

Vries, E D. J. (1986). On the taxonomic status of Dugesia gonocephala and Dugesia subtentaculata (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Paludicola). Journal of Zoology. 209, 43-59. Abstract