Australoplana sanguinea

Australoplana sanguinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Order:	Tricladida
Family:	Geoplanidae
Genus:	Australoplana
Species:	A. sanguinea
Binomial name
Australoplana sanguinea (Moseley, 1877)
Synonyms
Australopacifica sanguinea(Moseley, 1877) Caenoplana sanguineaMoseley, 1877 Geoplana sanguineaMoseley, 1877

Australoplana sanguinea also known as the Australian flatworm ^[1] is a species of flatworm native to Australia. It has been locally introduced to New Zealand and is considered an invasive alien pest species in the UK. ^{[1] [2] [3]} Two subspecies are currently recognized, A. s. alba (Jones, 1981) and A. s. sanguinea Moseley, 1877. ^[4]

Molecular characterisation

The mitogenome of Australoplana sanguinea

The mitochondrial genome of Australoplana sanguinea was described in 2025. It codes for the 12 conserved protein coding genes, 20 tRNA and two rRNA; its length is 17 505 bp, but it could not be circularized because of the lack of redundancy between its endings and the presence of repetitions. ^[5]

References

1. "Non-native flatworms". Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
2. "Australoplana sanguinea (Moseley, 1877)". New Zealand Organisms Register. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
3. "Australoplana sanguinea". iNaturalist. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
4. "Australoplana sanguinea (Moseley, 1877)". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
5. Gastineau, Romain; Murchie, Archie K.; Winsor, Leigh; Justine, Jean-Lou (2025). "An Irish cocktail of flatworm, earthworm and parasite DNAs: genomics of invasive land flatworms (Geoplanidae) reveal infestations by two new Mitosporidium species (Microsporidia)". Parasite. 32: 67. doi:10.1051/parasite/2025060. ISSN   1776-1042. PMC   12534020 . PMID   41105848.  This article incorporates textfrom this source, which is available under the CC BY 4.0 license.