Spathula

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

Spathula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Platyhelminthes
Class:
Rhabditophora
Order:
Tricladida
Suborder:
Continenticola
Family:
Dugesiidae
Genus:
Spathula

Nurse, 1950
Species

see text[1]

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

Description

Specimens of this genus have a triangular 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
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References
    • 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
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
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