Biology:Kenkia glandulosa
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Short description: Species of flatworm
| Kenkia glandulosa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Family: | Kenkiidae |
| Genus: | Kenkia |
| Species: | K. glandulosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Kenkia glandulosa (Hyman 1956)
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Kenkia glandulosa, the pink planarian, is a flatworm in the family Kenkiidae.[2] It is found only in the Devil's Icebox cave in Rock Bridge Memorial State Park in Boone County, Missouri, United States . The rarity of this species was once used as an argument to prevent the construction of a shopping mall in the area.[3](p83)
The species is an eyeless and de-pigmented flatworm that lives on the undersides of rocks. It is currently a species of conservation concern in the state of Missouri.[4]
References
- ↑ "Kenkia glandulosa (Hyman, 1956)". Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/3R5CZ.
- ↑ Kawakatsu, M.; Mitchell, R. W. (1981). "Redescription of Kenkia rhynchida, a troglobitic planarian from Oregon, and a reconsideration of the family Kenkiidae and its genera (Turbellaria , Tricladida, Paludicola)". Annot. Zool. Japonensis 54: 125–141.
- ↑ Díaz, Aldemaro Romero; Romero, Aldemaro (2009-07-23) (in en). Cave Biology: Life in Darkness. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-82846-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=i3002NxjFUwC&dq=Devil%E2%80%99s+Icebox&pg=PA83.
- ↑ "Turbellarians (Planarians; Free-Living Flatworms)". Missouri Department of Conservation. https://nature.mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/turbellarians-planarians-free-living-flatworms.
- Wicks, Carol, et al. “Disturbances in the Habitat Of Macrocotyla Glandulosa (Kenk).” Ecohydrology, 2010, doi:10.1002/eco.102[|permanent dead link|dead link}}].
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