Neppia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Class: | Rhabditophora |
Order: | Tricladida |
Suborder: | Continenticola |
Family: | Dugesiidae |
Genus: |
Neppia Ball, 1974 |
Species | |
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Neppia is a genus of dugesiid triclad that is found in South America, Subantarctic region, Africa, Tasmania and New Zealand.
Until 1974 Neppia was considered a subgenus of Dugesia.
Phylogenetic tree including five dugesiid genera after Álvarez-Presas et al., 2008:
Neppia