| Cura | |
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| Cura foremanii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Rhabditophora |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Family: | Dugesiidae |
| Genus: | Cura Strand, 1942 [1] |
| Species [2] | |
Cura is a genus of freshwater flatworm (triclad)s belonging to the family Dugesiidae.
Cura was ranked as a subgenus of Dugesia until 1974, then it was elevated to the genus rank. [3]
Individuals of this genus have a low triangle-shaped head. [4]
Cura species present a disjunct distribution. C. foremanii inhabits North America, [5] while C. fortis is found in New Zealand, [6] and C. pinguis in Australia, New Zealand, [6] and New Caledonia. [7]
Phylogenetic tree including five dugesiid genera after Álvarez-Presas et al., 2008: [8]
| Dugesiidae |
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Dugesia is a genus of dugesiid triclads that contains some common representatives of the class Turbellaria. These common flatworms are found in freshwater habitats of Africa, Europe, Middle East, Asia, and Australia. Dugesia is best known to non-specialists because of its regeneration capacities.
Planariidae is a family of freshwater planarians.
Geoplanidae is a family of flatworms known commonly as land planarians or land flatworms.
Continenticola is a clade that includes the land planarians (Geoplanidae) and the freshwater triclads.
Dugesiidae is a family of freshwater planarians distributed worldwide. The type genus is Dugesia Girard, 1850.
Girardia is a genus of freshwater planarians belonging to the family Dugesiidae.
Schmidtea is a freshwater triclad genus widely used in regeneration and developmental studies.
Dugesia notogaea is a species of dugesiid triclad that inhabits freshwater bodies of north Queensland, Australia.
Maricola is a suborder of triclad flatworms including species that mainly inhabit salt water environments. However, some species are also known from freshwater or brackish waters.
Kenkiidae is a family of freshwater triclads. Their species can be found sporadically in caves, groundwater, and deep lakes in Central Asia, Far East and North America.
Dimarcusidae is a family of triclads found mostly in freshwater habitats of caves, although at least one species, Rhodax evelinae, occurs in surface waters. It is the only family within the suborder Cavernicola. Currently the family contains only seven species distributed in five genera, although the total number of species is thought to be much higher.
Procerodidae is a family of marine triclads.
Microplaninae is a subfamily of land planarians.
Neppia is a genus of dugesiid triclad that is found in South America, Subantarctic region, Africa, Tasmania and New Zealand.
Cura pinguis is a species of dugesiid triclad found in Australia and New Zealand.
Geoplaninae is a subfamily of land planarians endemic to the Neotropical region.
The reproductive system of planarians is broadly similar among different families, although the associated structures can vary in complexity.
Bipaliinae is a subfamily of land planarians found mainly in Madagascar, the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, although some species have been introduced worldwide.
Rhynchodeminae is a subfamily of land planarians with a worldwide distribution.
Caenoplanini is a tribe of land planarians in the subfamily Rhynchodeminae mostly found throughout the Australasian and Oceanian realms.