Girardia

Girardia
Girardia sp. preserved in alcohol
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Turbellaria
Order: Tricladida
Suborder: Continenticola
Family: Dugesiidae
Genus: Girardia
Ball, 1974

Girardia is a genus of freshwater triclad belonging to the Dugesiidae family.

Until 1991 Girardia was considered a subgenus of Dugesia, then it was upgraded to the genus rank.[1] Many works are still using incorrectly the old genus for some Girardia species, mainly for Girardia tigrina.[2][3]

Species[4]

References

  1. ^ De Vries, E.J. & Sluys, R., 1991. "Phylogenetic relationships of the genus Dugesia (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Paludicola)". J. Zool., Lond., 223:103-116.
  2. ^ Sheĭman, I. M., Kreshchenko, N. D., Sedel'nikov, Z. V., & Groznyĭ, A. V. (2004). Morphogenesis in planarians Dugesia tigrina. Ontogenez, 35(4), 285-290.
  3. ^ Lombardo P, Giustini M, Miccoli FP, Cicolani B., 2011. "Fine-scale differences in diel activity among nocturnal freshwater planarias (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida)". J Circadian Rhythms., 9:2.
  4. ^ *Tyler, Schilling, Hooge & Bush 2006 : Turbellarian taxonomic database. Version 1.5 Database