Biology:Girardia multidiverticulata
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Short description: Species of flatworm
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Family: | Dugesiidae |
| Genus: | Girardia |
| Species: | G. multidiverticulata
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| Girardia multidiverticulata Souza, Morais, Cordeiro & Leal-Zanchet, 2015
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Girardia multidiverticulata is a cave-dwelling freshwater planarian from Brazil.
Description
Specimens of G. multidiverticulata are about 20 mm in length. The head is very triangular and has two small and pointed auricles. The whole animal is white, lacking pigmentation, and has no eyes, which are adaptations to its life in caves.[1]
Distribution
Girardia multidiverticulata is only known to occur in a small lake of about 10 m2 located inside the limestone cave Buraco do Bicho, in the Bodoquena Plateau, close to the Serra da Bodoquena National Park in the Cerrado biome, Brazil.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Souza, Stella Teles; Morais, Ana Laura Nunes; Cordeiro, Lívia Medeiros; Leal-Zanchet, Ana Maria (2015). "The first troglobitic species of freshwater flatworm of the suborder Continenticola (Platyhelminthes) from South America". ZooKeys (470): 1–16. doi:10.3897/zookeys.470.8728. ISSN 1313-2970. PMID 25632242.
Wikidata ☰ Q18923045 entry
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