Turbellarian taxonomic database

Record # 16154
Author
Title
Journal
Bromley HJ, Benazzi L (1991)
New planarians (Turbellaria: Tricladida) from Isreal and Lebanon.
Israel Journal of Zoology 37(3):139-150

Abstract / Notes

Two new species of freshwater triclads belonging to the Dugesia gonocephala species group are described, D.
golanica n. sp. from northern Israel and D. libanica n. sp. from Becharre in northern Lebanon. D. golanica is
characterized by a large, solid, bilobed adenodactyl positioned dorsally and to the right of the pointed
penis papilla, while D. libanica has a large, solid conical-shaped adenodactyl situated dorsally and to the
right of the asymmetrical, finger-shaped penis papilla. These two species are clearly related to each other
and to D. iranica (Livanov) from Iran and Turkey.

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