80 years of research on planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) from Sardinia, Italy: an annotated checklist
Author
Stocchino, Giacinta Angela
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-12-20
4532
4
539
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journal article
27733
10.11646/zootaxa.4532.4.5
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1175-5326
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Genus
Schmidtea
Ball, 1974
The genus
Schmidtea
comprises only four species viz.
S. lugubris
(
Schmidt, 1861
)
,
S. polychroa
(
Schmidt, 1861
)
,
S. nova
Benazzi & Puccinelli, 1973
, and
S. mediterranea
Benazzi, Baguña, Ballester, Puccinelli & Del Papa, 1975
. All of these species are distinguishable on the basis of karyological and morphological characteristics, while they reproduce sexually by amphimixis or gynogenesis, except
S.
mediterranea
,
which shows both sexual and asexual reproduction modes (
Benazzi
et al
., 1975
;
Benazzi & Benazzi Lentati, 1976
;
Lazaro
et al
., 2011
).