Spathula

Spathula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Turbellaria
Order: Tricladida
Suborder: Continenticola
Family: Dugesiidae
Genus: Spathula
Nurse, 1950
Species

see text[1]

Spathula is a genus of dugesiid triclad. Its species are found in Australia and New Zealand.

Until 1977 Spathula was ranked as a subgenus of Dugesia.[2]

Description

Specimens of this genus have a low triangle-shaped head.[3]

Species

  • Spathula agelaea Hay & Ball, 1979
  • Spathula alba Allison, 1997
  • Spathula camara Ball, 1977
  • Spathula dittae Ball & Tran, 1979
  • Spathula foeni Ball, 1977
  • Spathula fontinalis (Nurse, 1950)
  • Spathula gourbaultae Ball, 1977
  • Spathula limicola (Nurse, 1950)
  • Spathula miserabile Sluys & Grant, 2006
  • Spathula musculosa Sluys & Grant, 2006
  • Spathula neara Ball, 1977
  • Spathula ochyra Ball & Tran, 1979
  • Spathula schauinslandi (Neppi, 1904)
  • Spathula simplex Sluys & Grant, 2006
  • Spathula trunculata Ball, 1977
  • Spathula tryssa Ball, 1977

References

    • Tyler S, Schilling S, Hooge M, and Bush LF (comp.) (2006-2012) Turbellarian taxonomic database. Version 1.7 Database
  1. Ball, I. R. (1977). "A monograph of genus Spathula (Platyhelminthes : Turbellaria : Tricladida)". Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 25 (47): 1. doi:10.1071/AJZS047.
  2. Ball, I. R.: A contribution to the phylogeny and biogeography of the freshwater triclads (Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria). Biology of the Turbellaria (Edited by: Riser NW and Morse MP). New York: McGraw-Hill New York 1974, 339-401.