Dugesia japonica | |
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Two headed D. japonica that regenerated from a trunk fragment exposed to Praziquantel. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Order: | Tricladida |
Suborder: | Continenticola |
Family: | Dugesiidae |
Genus: | Dugesia |
Species: | D. japonica |
Binomial name | |
Dugesia japonica Ichikawa & Kawakatsu, 1964 |
Dugesia japonica is a species of dugesiid triclad that inhabits the freshwater bodies of East Asia. Because it is under the genus Dugesia, it is also sometimes considered a type of planarian.
D. japonica position in relation with other Dugesia species after the work of Lázaro et al., 2009:
D. japonica