Turbellarian taxonomic database

Record # 21966
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Vila-Farré M, Sluys R, Mateos E, Jones HD, Romero R (2011)
Land planarians (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Geoplanidae) from the Iberian Peninsula: new records and description of two new species, with a discussion on ecology
Journal of Natural History 45(15-16): 869-891
[doi: doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2010.536267
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Abstract / Notes

"Two new species of the genus Microplana are described from the Iberian Peninsula. The new taxa are compared
with congeneric species. Distributional records for two other European species, Microplana monacensis
(Heinzel, 1929) and Microplana groga Jones et al. 2008, are presented and the presence of Microplana
terrestris (Mueller, 1774) is confirmed on the Iberian Peninsula. A partial re-description of Microplana nana
Mateos, Giribet and Carranza, 1998 is provided. The finding of a new and probably introduced, but
unidentified, species of land planarian is reported. Land planarians were generally found in the vicinity of
deciduous trees and rivers."

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