Dugesia hepta

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Dugesia hepta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Tricladida
Family: Dugesiidae
Genus: Dugesia
Species:
D. hepta
Binomial name
Dugesia hepta
Pala, Casu, & Vacca, 1981

Dugesia hepta is a species of freshwater triclad endemic to Sardinia. [1]

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References

  1. G. A. Stocchinoa; G. Corsoa; R. Manconia; S. Casua; M. Pala (2005). "Endemic freshwater planarians of Sardinia: Redescription of Dugesia hepta (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) with a comparison of the Mediterranean species of the genus". Journal of Natural History . Taylor & Francis. 39 (22): 1947–1960. doi:10.1080/00222930500060025. S2CID   84986497.