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  Genus Girardia

Species G. dorotocephala (+ G. agilis)

Taxon Information

The Species G. dorotocephala has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from Wisconsin.

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

Literature Records

• Girardia dorotocephala, "NA" (Artois et al., 2013).
• Girardia dorotocephala, ... in Merrill Springs and occasional in Lake Mendota (Dane County)... from small ponds and streams near Amherst (Portage County)... Raccoon Creek (Rock County) [Wisconsin] (Watermolen, 2005).
• Dugesia dorotocephala, "Distributed in running and standing waters across the continent in the United States and southern Canada" (Kenk, 1972).
• Dugesia dorotocephala, "Pa. and Va. west to the Pacific coast..." (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]
• Watermolen, D.J. 2005. Aquatic and terrestrial flatworm (Platyhelminthes, Turbellaria) and ribbon worm (Nemertea) records from Wisconsin. Research/Management Findings, Wisconsin DNR (55). 8 pp.
• 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
• Wikipedia
• World Register of Marine Species