Turbellarian taxonomic database

Record # 19964
Author
Title
Journal
Stankovic S (1926)
Über zwei neue Planarienarten der Balkan halbinsel nebst Bemerkungen über Verbreitung der Planaria olivacea O. Schmidt.
Zool. Anz. 66: 231-240

Abstract / Notes

Planaria macedonica, closely related to P. albissima and P. olivacea, from flowing water, especially springs,
in mountainous regions; P. bosniaca, from cold springs near Sarajevo, Bosnia. A form resembling P. olivacea
O. Schmidt and regarded as a geographical variety of this species was found in springs in southwestern
Macedonia and in Dalmatia. These species, with P. albissima, P. paravitta, and P. olivacea, constitute a
homogenous group of small, white, springinhabiting planarians. Two Asiatic forms, P. coarctata Arndt and P.
pellucida Iij. & Kab., probably belong to the same group. These species are regarded as remnants of an
extensive Tertiary fauna spread over all Eurasia.

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