Schmidtea lugubris
Species of flatworm
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Schmidtea lugubris is a species of freshwater flatworm, a dugesiid triclad found in Europe.
| Schmidtea lugubris | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Family: | Dugesiidae |
| Genus: | Schmidtea |
| Species: | S. lugubris |
| Binomial name | |
| Schmidtea lugubris (Schmidt, 1861) | |
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Description
S. lugubris is slender in shape. The head is blunt and rounded at full growth, but medium-sized individuals have lateral lobes forming a triangular shape. There are two eyes. The auricles of the head are a translucent grey color, but the rest of the backside is a dark brown.[1]
Diet
S. lugubris preys mainly on oligochaetes and gastropods.[2]