Turbellarian taxonomic database
Planaria unionicola Notes
Because the genus Planaria is not likely to be represented in North America according to Ball & Gourbault
(1978) (citation), the assignment of this species to that genus is questionable, but it has not been studied,
apparently.
Woodworth 1897 (citation)- p 10, "It is with considerable reserve that I offer a new species upon the meagre evidence at my disposal, but such data as there are cannot be reconciled with descriptions of any know species. There was but one specimen (13,646), which was much contracted and shrivelled."
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