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  Genus Paraplanaria

Species P. dactyligera

Taxon Information

The Species P. dactyligera has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from North America.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Paraplanaria dactyligera dactyligera, (Artois et al., 2013).
• Paraplanaria dactyligera musculosa, "NA" (Artois et al., 2013).
• Planaria dactyligera dactyligera, "Inhabitant of springs and creeks in Virginia" (Kenk, 1972).
• Planaria dactyligera musculosa, "In streams and springs, North Carolina, southern Virginia, and Louisiana" (Kenk, 1972).
• Planaria dactyligera, "Va. ..." (Hyman & Jones, 1959).

Bibliography

• Artois, T., E. Schockaert & S. Tyler. 2013. World Checklist of Freshwater Turbellaria. World Wide Web electronic publication. 59 pp. [Available online]
• Kenk, R. 1972. Freshwater planarians (Turbellaria) of North America. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Biota of Freshwater Ecosystems Identification Manual 1. 81 pp. [Available online]
• Hyman, L.H. & E.R. Jones. 1959. Turbellaria. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 323-365.

Web Pages

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System
• Turbellarian Taxonomic Database