Dugesia

For the plant, see Dugesia (plant).

Dugesia
Dugesia subtentaculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Tricladida
Family: Dugesiidae
Genus: Dugesia
Girard, 1850[1]
Species

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Distribution of genus Dugesia after Sluys et al. 1998.[2]
Synonyms
  • Euplanaria Hesse, 1897
  • Geopaludicola Komarek, 1919

Dugesia (/duˈd͡ʒiʒ(i)ə/[citation needed]) is a genus of dugesiid triclads that contains some common representatives of the class Turbellaria. These common flatworms are found in freshwater habitats of Africa, Eurasia, and Australia. Dugesia is best known to non-specialists because of its regeneration capacities.[2]

Dugesia is the type genus of the family Dugesiidae.

  1. ^ Girard (1851). Essay on the classification of Nemertes and Planariae, preceded by some general considerations on the primary divisions of the animal kingdom. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. 4th Mtg, New Haven, Conn., Aug 1850, pages 258-273. Washington 1851.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Sluys98 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).