Girardia guatemalensis
creator: Tyler, Seth
creator: Artois, Tom
date: 2026-08-29
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Girardia guatemalensis (Mitchell & Kawakatsu, 1973)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2026). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Girardia guatemalensis (Mitchell & Kawakatsu, 1973). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=484636 on 2026-08-29
created: 2010-06-23T16:56:23Z
modified: 2015-08-25T09:27:39Z
replaces: 486668
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Girardia guatemalensis (Mitchell & Kawakatsu, 1973)
family: Dugesiidae
genus: Girardia
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Mitchell, R. W., Kawakatsu, M. (1973). Freshwater cavernicole planarians from Mexico: New troglobiotic and troglophilic Dugesia from caves of the Sierra de Guatemala. Annales de Spéléologie. 27: 639-681[Date on title page 1972; actually published in 1973].
name published in year: 1973
order: Tricladida
parent name usage ID: 479628
phylum: Platyhelminthes
scientific name authorship: (Mitchell & Kawakatsu, 1973)
specific epithet: guatemalensis
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted