Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Planaria is a genus of planarians in the family Planariidae. Due to its excellent ability to regenerate, species of Planaria has also been used as model organisms in regeneration studies. [ 1 ] When an individual is cut into pieces, each piece has the ability to regenerate into a fully formed individual. [ 2 ]
Planarians (triclads) are free-living flatworms of the class Turbellaria, [2] [3] order Tricladida, [4] which includes hundreds of species, found in freshwater, marine, and terrestrial habitats. [5] Planarians are characterized by a three-branched intestine, including a single anterior and two posterior branches. [ 5 ]
Order: Tricladida: Superfamily: Planarioidea: Family: ... See text Planariidae is a family of freshwater planarians. The type genus is Planaria Müller, 1776. [1 ...
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Help; Learn to edit; Community portal; Recent changes; Upload file
Geoplanidae is a family of flatworms known commonly as land planarians or land flatworms. [2]These flatworms are mainly predators of other invertebrates, which they hunt, attack and capture using physical force and the adhesive and digestive properties of their mucus. [3]
During most of the 20th century, many new land planarian species, mostly from Australia and South America, were placed in Geoplana. In 1955, Eudóxia Maria Froehlich defined that Geoplana vaginuloides would be the type-species of Geoplana, as it was the first species listed by Stimpson. [3]
The type specimen of Planaria kempi was described as being 9.5 millimeters long and two millimeters wide. It has no visible "neck". It has two small eyes, each surrounded by an unpigmented area. The backside of the species is a medium-brown color, with a pale underside. The underside has two pores, one for the mouth and one for the genitalia. [2]
Planaria torva is a species of planarian in the family Planariidae. [1] When an individual is cut into pieces, each piece has the ability to regenerate into a fully formed individual. [ 2 ]