Bdellocephala

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Bdellocephala
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Bdellocephala punctata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Tricladida
Family: Dendrocoelidae
Genus: Bdellocephala
de Man, 1875
Species [1]

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Bdellocephala is a genus of freshwater triclad that inhabits different regions of Eurasia. [2] [1]

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Description

As in other genera of the family Dendrocoelidae, species of Bdellocephala have an anterior adhesive organ. However, differently from other dendrocoelids, species of Bdellocephala lack a well-developed penis papilla in the male copulatory apparatus, which is uncommon in freshwater planarians. [3]

Species

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References

  1. 1 2 Naumova, T.V.; Novikova, O.A.; Timoshkin, O.Q. «Zoogeographical analysis of the distribution of Bdellocephala species (Plathelminthes, Tricladida: Paludicola)». Hydrobiologia, 568, S, 2006, pp. 177-181.
  2. Kawakatsu, M., Sluys R., Timoshkin O. A., Naumova T. V., Nishino M., & Takai M. (2001). Redescription of Japanese Bdellocephala annandalei from Lake Biwa-ko with comparative redescription of the Far Eastern and Kamchatkan Bdellocephala species (Tricladida, Paludicola). Belgian Journal of Zoology. 131, 205-211.
  3. Sluys, R.; Kawakatsu, M. (2006). "Towards a phylogenetic classification of dendrocoelid freshwater planarians (Platyhelminthes): A morphological and eclectic approach". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 44 (4): 274. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.2006.00371.x.