Girardia
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| Genus: | Girardia Ball, 1974
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Girardia is a genus of freshwater tricladida belonging to the Dugesiidae family.
Until 1991 Girardia was considered a subgenus of Dugesia, then was upgraded to the genus rank.[1] Many works are still using incorrectly the old genus for some Girardia species, mainly for Girardia tigrina.[2]
Species[3]
- Girardia anceps (Kenk, 1930)
- Girardia anderlani (Kawakatsu & Hauser, 1983)
- Girardia andina (Borelli, 1895)
- Girardia antillana Kenk, 1941
- Girardia arimana (Hyman, 1957)
- Girardia arizonensis Kenk, 1975
- Girardia aurita (Kennel, 1888)
- Girardia arndti Marcus, 1946
- Girardia avertiginis Sluys, 2005
- Girardia azteca (Benazzi & Giannini, 1971)
- Girardia barbarae (Mitchell & Kawakatsu, 1973)
- Girardia biapertura Sluys, 1997
- Girardia bursalacertosa Sluys, 2005
- Girardia cameliae (Fuhrmann, 1914)
- Girardia canai Curino & Cazzaniga, 1993
- Girardia capacivasa Sluys & Kawakatsu, 2005
- Girardia chilla (Marcus, 1954)
- Girardia cubana Codreanu & Balcesco, 1973
- Girardia dimorpha (Bohmig, 1902)
- Girardia dorotocephala (Woodworth, 1897)
- Girardia dubia (Borelli, 1895)
- Girardia festae (Borelli, 1898)
- Girardia glandulosa (Kenk, 1930)
- Girardia graffi (Weiss, 1909)
- Girardia guatemalensis (Mitchell & Kawakatsu, 1973)
- Girardia hoernesi (Weiss, 1910)
- Girardia hypoglauca Marcus, 1948
- Girardia informis Sluys & Grant, 2006
- Girardia jugosa Sluys, 2005
- Girardia longistriata (Fuhrmann, 1914)
- Girardia mckenziei (Mitchell & Kawakatsu, 1973)
- Girardia microbursalis (Hyman, 1931)
- Girardia nonatoi Marcus, 1946
- Girardia paramensis Fuhrmann, 1914
- Girardia polyorchis Fuhrmann, 1914
- Girardia rincona (Marcus, 1954)
- Girardia sanchezi Hyman, 1955
- Girardia seclusa (de Beauchamp, 1940)
- Girardia sphincter Sluys & Kawakatsu, 2001
- Girardia striata (Weiss, 1910)
- Girardia tigrina (Girard, 1850)
- Girardia titicacana (Hyman, 1939)
- Girardia typhlomexicana (Mitchell & Kawakatsu, 1973)
- Girardia veneranda Martins, 1970
- Girardia ururiograndeana (Kawakatsu, Hauser & Ponce de Leon, 1992)
References
- ^ De Vries, E.J. & Sluys, R., 1991. "Phylogenetic relationships of the genus Dugesia (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Paludicola)". J. Zool., Lond., 223:103-116.
- ^ Lombardo P, Giustini M, Miccoli FP, Cicolani B., 2011. "Fine-scale differences in diel activity among nocturnal freshwater planarias (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida)". J Circadian Rhythms., 9:2.
- ^ *Tyler, Schilling, Hooge & Bush 2006 : Turbellarian taxonomic database. Version 1.5 Database