Schmidtea

Schmidtea
Schmidtea mediterranea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Tricladida
Family: Dugesiidae
Genus: Schmidtea
Ball, 1974
Species

Schmidtea is a genus of freshwater triclads. Species of the genus Schmidtea are widely used in regeneration and developmental studies.

Until 1991, Schmidtea was considered as a subgenus of Dugesia, then it was elevated to the genus rank.

Etymology

The genus was presumably named after Eduard Oscar Schmidt, who described two species within the genus.

Phylogeny

Phylogenetic tree including five dugesiid genera after Álvarez-Presas et al., 2008:

Dugesiidae

References

  1. ↑
    • Tyler S, Schilling S, Hooge M, and Bush LF (comp.) (2006-2012) Turbellarian taxonomic database. Version 1.7 Database Archived 2012-02-04 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Saló, E.; Baguñà, J. (2002). "Regeneration in planarians and other worms: New findings, new tools, and new perspectives". Journal of Experimental Zoology. 292 (6): 528–539. doi:10.1002/jez.90001. PMID 12115936.
  3. ↑ Reddien, P. W.; Alvarado, A. S. N. (2004). "Fundamentals of Planarian Regeneration". Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology. 20: 725–757. doi:10.1146/annurev.cellbio.20.010403.095114. PMID 15473858.
  4. ↑ De Vries, E. J.; Sluys, R. (1991). "Phylogenetic relationships of the genus Dugesia (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Paludicola)". Journal of Zoology. 223 (1): 103–116. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1991.tb04752.x.
  5. ↑ Riser, Nathan W.; Morse, M. Patricia, eds. (1974). Biology of the Turbellaria. Vol. Libbie H. Hyman memorial volume. New York: McGraw-Hill. pp. 377–378. ISBN 0070529477. LCCN 73013695. OCLC 698756. OL 5420434M. Retrieved 2023-06-26 – via Open Library.
  6. ↑ Álvarez-Presas, M.; Baguñà, J.; Riutort, M. (2008). "Molecular phylogeny of land and freshwater planarians (Tricladida, Platyhelminthes): From freshwater to land and back". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 47 (2): 555–568. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.01.032. PMID 18359250.