| Schmidtea | |
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| Schmidtea mediterranea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Family: | Dugesiidae |
| Genus: | Schmidtea Ball, 1974 |
| Species[1] | |
Schmidtea is a genus of freshwater triclads. Species of the genus Schmidtea are widely used in regeneration and developmental studies.[2][3]
Until 1991, Schmidtea was considered as a subgenus of Dugesia, then it was elevated to the genus rank.[4]
- ^ *Tyler S, Schilling S, Hooge M, and Bush LF (comp.) (2006-2012) Turbellarian taxonomic database. Version 1.7 Database Archived 2012-02-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Saló, E.; Baguñà, J. (2002). "Regeneration in planarians and other worms: New findings, new tools, and new perspectives". Journal of Experimental Zoology. 292 (6): 528–539. doi:10.1002/jez.90001. PMID 12115936.
- ^ Reddien, P. W.; Alvarado, A. S. N. (2004). "Fundamentals of Planarian Regeneration". Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology. 20: 725–757. doi:10.1146/annurev.cellbio.20.010403.095114. PMID 15473858.
- ^ De Vries, E. J.; Sluys, R. (1991). "Phylogenetic relationships of the genus Dugesia (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Paludicola)". Journal of Zoology. 223 (1): 103–116. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1991.tb04752.x.