Dugesia dorotocephala (Woodworth)
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Girardia dorotocephala
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Tricladida
Family: Dugesiidae
Genus: Girardia
Species:
G. dorotocephala
Binomial name
Girardia dorotocephala
(Woodworth, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Planaria dorotocephala Woodworth, 1897
  • Euplanaria dorotocephala (Woodworth, 1897)
  • Dugesia dorotocephala (Woodworth, 1897)
  • Dugesia agilis (Stringer, 1909)
  • Dugesia diabolis Hyman, 1956
  • Planaria agilis Stringer, 1909

Girardia dorotocephala is a species of dugesiid triclad native to North America.[1] It has been accidentally introduced in Japan.[2] Girardia dorotocephala is cannibalistic, which led to its usage in memory transfer experiments.[3]

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  1. ^ *Tyler S, Schilling S, Hooge M, and Bush LF (comp.) (2006–2012) Turbellarian taxonomic database. Version 1.7 Database Archived 2013-11-04 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Sluys, R., Kawakatsu, M., Yamamoto, K. (2010). "Exotic freshwater planarians currently known from Japan". Belgian Journal of Zoology, 140 (Suppl.). p. 103–109
  3. ^ James, McConnell (1965). "A Manual of Psychological Experimentation on Planarians" (PDF). The Worm Runner's Digest: 5, 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-11-10. Retrieved 2021-02-07.


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