Turbellarian taxonomic database

Record # 1758
Author
Title
Journal
Kawakatsu M, Hauser J, Freidrich SMG, Oki I, Tamura S, Yamayoshi T (1983)
Morphological, karyological and taxonomic studies of freshwater planarians from South Brazil. IV. Dugesia anderlani sp. nov. (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Paludicola), a nes species from sao Leopoldo in E
Annot Zool Japon 56:196-208.

Abstract / Notes

"A new species of Dugesia (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Paludicola) from the vicinities of Sao Leopoldo, Estado de
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, is described: D. anderlani. The new species has dorsal testes and an asymmetrical
penis papilla. It differs from D. paramensis from Colombia and D. andina from Argentina in the details of the
genital anatomy. The karyotype of D. anderlani consists of 9 pairs of meta- or submetacentric chromosomes (2x
_ 18 and 3x _ 27)."

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