Ronald Sluys, Masaharu Kawakatsu, and Kiyohiko Yamamoto (2010)
Exotic freshwater planarians currently known from Japan
BELGIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, 140(S):103-U38.
Biogeographical and taxonomic information on the four non-indigenous freshwater planarians of Japan is reviewed, viz. Dugesia austroasiatica Kawakatsu, 1985, Girardia tigrina ( Girard, 1850), G. dorotocephala ( Woodworth, 1897), and Rhodax evelinae? Marcus, 1947. The occurrence of Girardia dorotocephala in Japan is unequivocally demonstrated. New karyological data are presented for populations of D. austroasiatica ( chromosome complement: 2x=16
Tricladida; freshwater; exotic; introduced; Japan
11th International Symposium on Flatworm Biology, Diepenbeek, BELGIUM, JUL 26-31, 2009
- ISSN: 0777-6276
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