Dugesia japonica
Species of flatworm
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Dugesia japonica is a species of freshwater planarian that inhabits freshwater bodies of East Asia, including Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China and north-eastern Siberia.[2] However, molecular studies suggest that Dugesia japonica is polyphyletic and different populations across its area of occurrence constitute distinct species.[3]
| Dugesia japonica | |
|---|---|
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| Two headed D. japonica that regenerated from a trunk fragment exposed to Praziquantel.[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Family: | Dugesiidae |
| Genus: | Dugesia |
| Species: | D. japonica |
| Binomial name | |
| Dugesia japonica Ichikawa & Kawakatsu, 1964 | |
Phylogeny
D. japonica position in relation with other Dugesia species after the work of Lázaro et al., 2009:[4]
