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Turbellarians taxon details

Dugesia Girard, 1850

181568  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:181568)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Platyhelminthes (Phylum)
  4. Rhabditophora (Subphylum)
  5. Tricladida (Order)
  6. Continenticola (Suborder)
  7. Geoplanoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Dugesiidae (Family)
  9. Dugesia (Genus)
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  1. Species Dugesia absoloni (Komarek, 1919)
  2. Species Dugesia aconcinna Chen & Dong, 2025
  3. Species Dugesia adunca Chen & Sluys, 2022
  4. Species Dugesia aenigma De Vries, 1984
  5. Species Dugesia aethiopica Stocchino, Corso, Manconi & Pala, 2002
  6. Species Dugesia afromontana Stocchino & Sluys, 2012
  7. Species Dugesia ancoraria Zhu & Wang, 2024
  8. Species Dugesia andamanensis (Kaburaki, 1925)
  9. Species Dugesia annandalei (Kaburaki, 1918)
  10. Species Dugesia arabica Harrath & Sluys, 2013
  11. Species Dugesia arcadia De Vries, 1988
  12. Species Dugesia ariadnae De Vries, 1984
  13. Species Dugesia artesiana Sluys & Grant, 2007
  14. Species Dugesia astrocheta Marcus, 1953
  15. Species Dugesia aurea Leria, 2020
  16. Species Dugesia austroasiatica Kawakatsu, 1985
  17. Species Dugesia bactriana de Beauchamp, 1959
  18. Species Dugesia bakurianica Porfirieva, 1958
  19. Species Dugesia batuensis Ball, 1970
  20. Species Dugesia benazzii Lepori, 1951
  21. Species Dugesia bengalensis Kawakatsu, 1983
  22. Species Dugesia biblica Benazzi & Banchetti, 1973
  23. Species Dugesia bifida Stocchino & Sluys, 2014
  24. Species Dugesia bijuga Harrath & Sluys, 2019
  25. Species Dugesia borneana Kawakatsu, 1972
  26. Species Dugesia brachycephala (Bohmig, 1897)
  27. Species Dugesia brigantii De Vries & Benazzi, 1983
  28. Species Dugesia burmaensis (Kaburaki, 1918)
  29. Species Dugesia bursagrossa Harrath & Sluys, 2025
  30. Species Dugesia capensis Sluys, 2007
  31. Species Dugesia chichkovi (Hranova, 1929)
  32. Species Dugesia circumcisa Chen & Dong, 2021
  33. Species Dugesia constrictiva Chen & Dong, 2022
  34. Species Dugesia corbata Leria, 2020
  35. Species Dugesia crassimentula Sluys & Stocchino, 2024
  36. Species Dugesia cretica (Meixner, 1928)
  37. Species Dugesia damoae De Vries, 1984
  38. Species Dugesia debeauchampi De Vries, 1988
  39. Species Dugesia deharvengi Kawakatsu & Mitchell, 1989
  40. Species Dugesia didiaphragma De Vries, 1988
  41. Species Dugesia dubia (Borelli, 1895)
  42. Species Dugesia ectophysa Marcus, 1953
  43. Species Dugesia effusa Sluys, 2013
  44. Species Dugesia elegans De Vries, 1984
  45. Species Dugesia etrusca Benazzi, 1944
    1. Subspecies Dugesia etrusca biodenodactyla Benazzi, 1965
    2. Subspecies Dugesia etrusca biodenodattila Lepori, 1950
    3. Subspecies Dugesia etrusca etrusca Kenk, 1974
    4. Subspecies Dugesia etrusca labronica Lepori, 1950
    5. Subspecies Dugesia etrusca monoadenodactyla Lepori, 1947
    6. Subspecies Dugesia etrusca monodactyla Lepori, 1950
  46. Species Dugesia fissipara (Kennel, 1888)
  47. Species Dugesia foeni Ball, 1977
  48. Species Dugesia fontinalis (Nurse, 1950)
  49. Species Dugesia gemmulata Sun & Wang, 2022
  50. Species Dugesia gibberosa Stocchino & Sluys, 2017
  51. Species Dugesia golanica Bromley & Benazzi, 1991
  52. Species Dugesia gonocephala (Duges, 1830)
    1. Subspecies Dugesia gonocephala gonocephala (Duges, 1830)
    2. Subspecies Dugesia gonocephala meridionalis Benazzi, 1961
    3. Subspecies Dugesia gonocephala precaucasica Porfirieva, 1958
    4. Subspecies Dugesia gonocephala taurocaucasica (Livanov, 1951)
    5. Subspecies Dugesia gonocephala transcaucasica (Livanov, 1951)
    6. Subspecies Dugesia gonocephala bakurianica Porfirieva, 1958 accepted as Dugesia bakurianica Porfirieva, 1958
    7. Subspecies Dugesia gonocephala ilvana Lepori, 1948 accepted as Dugesia ilvana Lepori, 1948
    8. Subspecies Dugesia gonocephala subtentaculata (Draparnaud, 1801) accepted as Dugesia subtentaculata (Draparnaud, 1801)
  53. Species Dugesia gonocephaloides Girard, 1850
  54. Species Dugesia granosa Stocchino & Sluys, 2017
  55. Species Dugesia hepta Pala, Casu & Vacca, 1981
  56. Species Dugesia hoernesi (Weiss, 1909)
  57. Species Dugesia hoidi Dols-Serrate, Stocchino, Sluys & Riutort, 2024
  58. Species Dugesia hymanae (Sivickis, 1928)
  59. Species Dugesia iheringii (Bohmig, 1887)
  60. Species Dugesia ilvana Lepori, 1948
  61. Species Dugesia improvisa Sluys & Sola, 2013
  62. Species Dugesia indica Kawakatsu, 1969
  63. Species Dugesia indonesiana Kawakatsu, 1973
  64. Species Dugesia insolita Stocchino & Sluys, 2024
  65. Species Dugesia iranica Livanov, 1951
  66. Species Dugesia izuensis Kato, 1943
  67. Species Dugesia japonica Ichikawa & Kawakatsu, 1964
    1. Subspecies Dugesia japonica japonica Ichikawa & Kawakatsu, 1964 accepted as Dugesia japonica Ichikawa & Kawakatsu, 1964
    2. Subspecies Dugesia japonica ryukyuensis Kawakatsu, 1976 accepted as Dugesia ryukyuensis Kawakatsu, 1976
  68. Species Dugesia krishnaswamyi Kawakatsu, 1975
  69. Species Dugesia lamottei de Beauchamp, 1952
  70. Species Dugesia lanzai Banchetti & del Papa, 1972
  71. Species Dugesia lata (Sivickis, 1923)
  72. Species Dugesia laurentiana (Borelli, 1897)
  73. Species Dugesia leclerci Kawakatsu & Mitchel, 1995
  74. Species Dugesia leporii Pala, Stocchino, Corso & Casu, 2000
  75. Species Dugesia libanica Bromley & Benazzi, 1991
  76. Species Dugesia liguriensis De Vries, 1988
  77. Species Dugesia lindbergi de Beauchamp, 1959
  78. Species Dugesia machadoi de Beauchamp, 1952
  79. Species Dugesia maculata (Leidy, 1847)
  80. Species Dugesia maghrebiana Stocchino, Manconi, Corso, Sluys, Casu & Pala, 2009
  81. Species Dugesia majuscula Chen & Dong, 2021
  82. Species Dugesia malickyi De Vries, 1984
  83. Species Dugesia mariae Dols-Serrate, Stocchino, Sluys & Riutort, 2024
  84. Species Dugesia mertoni (Steinmann, 1914)
  85. Species Dugesia michaelsoni (Bohmig, 1902)
  86. Species Dugesia microbursalis (Hyman, 1931)
  87. Species Dugesia milloti Beauchamp, 1952
  88. Species Dugesia minotauros De Vries, 1984
  89. Species Dugesia mirabilis De Vries, 1988
  90. Species Dugesia modesta Girard, 1893
  91. Species Dugesia monomyoda Marcus, 1953
  92. Species Dugesia montana Nurse, 1950
    1. Subspecies Dugesia montana albolineata Nurse, 1950
    2. Subspecies Dugesia montana montana Nurse, 1950
  93. Species Dugesia musculosa Chen & Dong, 2024
  94. Species Dugesia myopa De Vries, 1988
  95. Species Dugesia naiadis Sluys, 2013
  96. Species Dugesia nannophallus Ball, 1970
  97. Species Dugesia nansheae De Vries, 1988
  98. Species Dugesia neumanni (Neppi, 1904)
  99. Species Dugesia nonatoi Marcus, 1946
  100. Species Dugesia notogaea Sluys & Kawakatsu, 1998
  101. Species Dugesia novaguineana Kawakatsu, 1976
  102. Species Dugesia parasagitta Sluys & Sola, 2013
  103. Species Dugesia pendula Chen & Dong, 2024
  104. Species Dugesia polyorchis (Fuhrmann, 1912)
  105. Species Dugesia pustulata Harrath & Sluys, 2019
  106. Species Dugesia rincona Marcus, 1954
  107. Species Dugesia ryukyuensis Kawakatsu, 1976
  108. Species Dugesia saccaria Wang & Sluys, 2024
  109. Species Dugesia saccata Chen & Dong, 2025
  110. Species Dugesia sagitta (Schmidt, 1861)
  111. Species Dugesia salina (Whitehouse, 1914)
  112. Species Dugesia schauinslandi (Neppi, 1904)
  113. Species Dugesia seclusa (de Beauchamp, 1940)
  114. Species Dugesia semiglobosa Chen & Dong, 2021
  115. Species Dugesia siamana Kawakatsu, 1980
  116. Species Dugesia sicula Lepori, 1948
  117. Species Dugesia sigmoides Stocchino & Sluys, 2017
  118. Species Dugesia similis (Bohmig, 1902)
  119. Species Dugesia sinensis Chen & Wang, 2015
  120. Species Dugesia subtentaculata (Draparnaud, 1801)
  121. Species Dugesia superioris Stocchino & Sluys, 2013
  122. Species Dugesia tamilensis Kawakatsu, 1980
  123. Species Dugesia tanganyikae (Laidlaw, 1906)
  124. Species Dugesia tubqalis Harrath & Sluys, 2012
  125. Species Dugesia tumida Chen & Sluys, 2022
  126. Species Dugesia uenorum Kawakatsu & Mitchel, 1995
  127. Species Dugesia umbonata Song & Wang, 2020
  128. Species Dugesia venusta (Bohmig, 1897)
  129. Species Dugesia verrucula Chen & Dong, 2021
  130. Species Dugesia vestibularis De Vries, 1988
  131. Species Dugesia vilafarrei Leria, 2020
  132. Species Dugesia wytegrensis (Sabussow, 1907)
  133. Species Dugesia xeropotamica Dols-Serrate, Stocchino, Nuin-Villabona, Sluys & Riutort, 2024
  134. Species Dugesia aberana Neppi, 1904 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, nomen nudum)
  135. Species Dugesia agilis (Stringer, 1909) accepted as Girardia dorotocephala (Woodworth, 1897)
  136. Species Dugesia alpina (Dana, 1766) accepted as Crenobia alpina (Dana, 1766)
  137. Species Dugesia ambigua (Bohmig, 1902) accepted as Curtisia ambigua (Bohmig, 1902)
  138. Species Dugesia anceps Kenk, 1930 accepted as Girardia anceps (Kenk, 1930)
    1. Subspecies Dugesia anceps maculata (Borelli, 1895)
  139. Species Dugesia anderlani Kawakatsu & Hauser, 1983 accepted as Girardia anderlani (Kawakatsu & Hauser, 1983)
  140. Species Dugesia andina (Borelli, 1895) accepted as Girardia andina (Borelli, 1895)
  141. Species Dugesia antillana Kenk, 1941 accepted as Girardia antillana Kenk, 1941
  142. Species Dugesia arimana Hyman, 1957 accepted as Girardia arimana (Hyman, 1957)
  143. Species Dugesia arndti Marcus, 1946 accepted as Girardia arndti Marcus, 1946
  144. Species Dugesia barbarae Mitchell & Kawakatsu, 1973 accepted as Girardia barbarae (Mitchell & Kawakatsu, 1973)
  145. Species Dugesia boehmigi (Weiss, 1910) accepted as Euplanaria bohmigi (Weiss, 1910)
  146. Species Dugesia bonaerensis Moretto, 1996 accepted as Girardia bonaerensis (Moretto, 1996)
  147. Species Dugesia camara Ball, 1977 accepted as Spathula camara Ball, 1977
  148. Species Dugesia cameliae (Fuhrmann, 1912) accepted as Girardia cameliae (Fuhrmann, 1912)
  149. Species Dugesia chilla Marcus, 1954 accepted as Girardia chilla (Marcus, 1954)
  150. Species Dugesia cubana Codreanu & Balcesco, 1973 accepted as Girardia cubana Codreanu & Balcesco, 1973
  151. Species Dugesia diabolis Hyman, 1956 accepted as Girardia dorotocephala (Woodworth, 1897)
  152. Species Dugesia dimorpha (Bohmig, 1902) accepted as Girardia festai (Borelli, 1898)
  153. Species Dugesia dorotocephala (Woodworth, 1897) accepted as Girardia dorotocephala (Woodworth, 1897)
  154. Species Dugesia evelinae Marcus, 1955 accepted as Neppia evelinae Marcus, 1955
  155. Species Dugesia falklandica (Westblad, 1952) accepted as Neppia falklandica (Westblad, 1952)
  156. Species Dugesia festae Borelli, 1898 accepted as Girardia festai (Borelli, 1898)
    1. Subspecies Dugesia festae albolineata Borelli, 1898
  157. Species Dugesia festai Borelli, 1898 accepted as Girardia festai (Borelli, 1898)
  158. Species Dugesia foremanii Girard, 1852 accepted as Cura foremanii (Girard, 1852)
  159. Species Dugesia glandulosa (Kenk, 1930) accepted as Romankenkius glandulosus (Kenk, 1930)
  160. Species Dugesia graffi (Weiss, 1909) accepted as Girardia graffi (Weiss, 1909)
  161. Species Dugesia guatemalensis Mitchell & Kawakatsu, 1973 accepted as Girardia guatemalensis (Mitchell & Kawakatsu, 1973)
  162. Species Dugesia hypoglauca Marcus, 1948 accepted as Girardia hypoglauca Marcus, 1948
  163. Species Dugesia iberica Gourbault & Benazzi, 1979 accepted as Dugesia subtentaculata (Draparnaud, 1801)
  164. Species Dugesia jeanneli (de Beauchamp, 1913) accepted as Neppia jeanneli (de Beauchamp, 1913)
  165. Species Dugesia jenkinsae Benazzi & Gourbault, 1977 accepted as Girardia jenkinsae Benazzi & Gourbault, 1977
  166. Species Dugesia jimi Martins, 1970 accepted as Girardia tigrina (Girard, 1850)
  167. Species Dugesia longistriata (Fuhrmann, 1912) accepted as Girardia longistriata (Fuhrmann, 1912)
  168. Species Dugesia lugubris (Schmidt, 1861) accepted as Schmidtea lugubris Schmidt, 1861
    1. Subspecies Dugesia lugubris wytegrensis Sabussow, 1907
  169. Species Dugesia mackenziei Mitchell & Kawakatsu, 1973 accepted as Girardia mckenziei (Mitchell & Kawakatsu, 1973)
  170. Species Dugesia mckenziei Mitchell & Kawakatsu, 1973 accepted as Girardia mckenziei (Mitchell & Kawakatsu, 1973)
  171. Species Dugesia mediterranea Benazzi, Baguna, Ballester & del Papa, 1975 accepted as Schmidtea mediterranea Benazzi, Baguna, Ballester & del Papa, 1975
  172. Species Dugesia minatauros De Vries, 1984 accepted as Dugesia minotauros De Vries, 1984 (literature misspelling)
  173. Species Dugesia paeta (Marcus, 1955) accepted as Neppia paeta (Marcus, 1955)
  174. Species Dugesia paramensis (Fuhrmann, 1912) accepted as Girardia paramensis Fuhrmann, 1912
  175. Species Dugesia patagonica (Borelli, 1901) accepted as Romankenkius patagonicus (Borelli, 1901)
  176. Species Dugesia pinguis (Weiss, 1910) accepted as Cura pinguis (Weiss, 1909)
  177. Species Dugesia polychroa (Schmidt, 1861) accepted as Schmidtea polychroa (Schmidt, 1861)
  178. Species Dugesia precaucasica Porfirieva, 1958 accepted as Dugesia gonocephala precaucasica Porfirieva, 1958
  179. Species Dugesia sanchezi Hyman, 1959 accepted as Girardia festai (Borelli, 1898)
  180. Species Dugesia schubarti (Marcus, 1946) accepted as Girardia schubarti (Marcus, 1946)
  181. Species Dugesia tahitiensis Gourbault, 1977 accepted as Girardia tahitiensis Gourbault, 1977
  182. Species Dugesia taurocaucasica (Livanov, 1951) accepted as Dugesia gonocephala taurocaucasica (Livanov, 1951)
  183. Species Dugesia tigrina (Girard, 1850) accepted as Girardia tigrina (Girard, 1850)
  184. Species Dugesia tinga (Marcus, 1955) accepted as Neppia tinga (Marcus, 1955)
  185. Species Dugesia titicacana Hyman, 1939 accepted as Girardia titicacana (Hyman, 1939)
  186. Species Dugesia torva (Müller OF, 1773) accepted as Planaria torva (Müller, 1773) Müller, 176
  187. Species Dugesia transcaucasica (Livanov, 1951) accepted as Dugesia gonocephala transcaucasica (Livanov, 1951)
  188. Species Dugesia typhlomexicana Mitchell & Kawakatsu, 1973 accepted as Girardia typhlomexicana (Mitchell & Kawakatsu, 1973)
  189. Species Dugesia ururiograndeana Kawakatsu, Hauser & Ponce de Leon, 1992 accepted as Girardia ururiograndeana (Kawakatsu, Hauser & Ponce de Leon, 1992)
  190. Species Dugesia veneranda Martins, 1970 accepted as Girardia chilla (Marcus, 1954)
  191. Species Dugesia wimbimba Marcus, 1970 accepted as Neppia wimbimba (Marcus, 1970)
  192. Species Dugesia aborensis (Whitehouse, 1913) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  193. Species Dugesia barroisi (Whitehouse, 1914) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  194. Species Dugesia bilineata (Kaburaki, 1918) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  195. Species Dugesia colapha Dahm, 1967 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  196. Species Dugesia congolensis de Beauchamp, 1951 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  197. Species Dugesia persica Behzad, Masoud & Mahmood, 1998 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  198. Species Dugesia rava (Weiss, 1909) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  199. Species Dugesia sudanica Dahm, 1971 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  200. Species Dugesia tiberiensis (Whitehouse, 1914) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
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Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Dugesia Girard, 1850. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181568 on 2025-05-28
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2005-09-26 12:09:47Z
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Claus, Simon
2010-06-17 12:41:58Z
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Tyler, Seth
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Tyler, Seth
2016-06-22 12:17:55Z
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Tyler, Seth

original description (of Euplanaria Hesse, 1897) Hesse, R. (1897). Untersuchungen über die Organe der Lichtempfindung bei niederen Thieren. II. Die Augen der Plathelminthen, insonderheit der tricladen Turbellarien. <em>Zeitschr. f. wiss. Zool.</em> 62: 527-582, tab 27-28, 3 figures.; (=Tübinger Zool. Arb. 2): 191-240, tab 27-28. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Geopaludicola Komarek, 1919) Komarek, J. (1919). O temnostnich Tricladach (Vermes, Turbellaria) z krazu balkenskych na zaklade Dra Karla Absolana. (Ueber hoehlenbewohnende Tricladen Karstgebieten des Balken auf Grund der Sammlungen von Dr K. Absolon. Zvlast otisk Casop Marovkseho Mus zem Brno, 50:3 [details] 

taxonomy source Dols-Serrate, D.; Guo, L.; Kruglyak, L.; Riutort, M. (2025). Mixed, not stirred: Genomic data confirm the first case of interspecific hybridization in planarian triclads (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida) and raise questions about a possibly novel form of hybrid speciation. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 207: 108339., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2025.108339 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 
 
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