Girardia dorotocephala
Girardia dorotocephala | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Order: | Tricladida |
Family: | Dugesiidae |
Genus: | Girardia |
Species: | G. dorotocephala |
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Girardia dorotocephala (Woodworth, 1897) | |
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Girardia dorotocephala is a species of dugesiid triclad native to North America.[1] It has been accidentally introduced in Japan.[2] Girardia dorotocephala is cannibalistic, which led to its usage in memory transfer experiments.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ *Tyler S, Schilling S, Hooge M, and Bush LF (comp.) (2006–2012) Turbellarian taxonomic database. Version 1.7 Database Archived 2013-11-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Sluys, R., Kawakatsu, M., Yamamoto, K. (2010). "Exotic freshwater planarians currently known from Japan". Belgian Journal of Zoology, 140 (Suppl.). p. 103–109
- ^ James, McConnell (1965). "A Manual of Psychological Experimentation on Planarians" (PDF). The Worm Runner's Digest: 5, 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-11-10. Retrieved 2021-02-07.