Crenobia
| Crenobia | |
|---|---|
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| Crenobia alpina | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Family: | Planariidae |
| Genus: | Crenobia Kenk, 1930 |
Crenobia is a genus of planarians in the family Planariidae. It is endemic to Europe and Anatolia.[1]
Description
[edit]The genus Crenobia includes planarians with an extremely thick muscle coat surrounding the genital atrium. The copulatory bursa it relatively small when compared to other genera of freshwater planarians.[1]
Distribution
[edit]The genus Crenobia occurs in Anatolia and across most of Europe, including several islands in the Mediterranean Sea, although it seems to be absent in most of the Iberian Peninsula.[1]
Species
[edit]The following species are currently recognized in the genus Crenobia:[1]
- Crenobia alpina (Dana, 1776)
- Crenobia anophthalma (Mrázek, 1907)
- Crenobia bathycola (Steinmann, 1911)
- Crenobia corsica (Arndt, 1922)
- Crenobia montenigrina (Mrázek, 1904)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Crenobia.
- 1 2 3 4 Sluys, Ronald (September 2022). "Biogeography and diversification of the freshwater planarian Crenobia alpina sensu lato (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida): A synthetic review". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 300: 12–26. Bibcode:2022ZooAn.300...12S. doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2022.05.010. ISSN 0044-5231.
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