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Caenoplana variegata is a species of land planarian. [1] It was first described in 1888 as Geoplana variegata by Joseph James Fletcher and Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton. [1] [2] The currently accepted name is Caenoplana variegata [1] [3] although the name accepted by Australian authorities is Australopacifica variegata.
Canariella planaria is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Canariellidae, the hairy snails and their allies. This species is endemic to the north-eastern coastal area of the island of Tenerife , in the Canary Islands.
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 ]
The complete mitogenome of Caenoplana coerulea is 18,621 bp in length. [7] Its main characteristic is a cytochrome c oxidase subunit 2 gene of unusual length, with a cox2 encoded protein 505 aa in length (compared to about 250 aa in other geoplanids); this characteristic of a very long cox2 is also found in other members of the subfamily Rhynchodeminae, to which Caenoplana coerulea belongs.
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 ]
The first species of Luteostriata was described in 1857 by Max Schultze and Fritz Müller as a Brazilian yellow planarian with a broad black longitudinal stripe in the middle of the back and a narrow deep orange stripe on each side of it. [5] They identified it as Planaria elegans, a species described by Darwin, and put it in their new genus ...
Enacted 50 years ago on Dec. 28, 1973, this legislation has played a pivotal role in preserving and protecting hundreds of species. 18 Texas species supported by the Endangered Species Act over 50 ...
Planaria simplissima Curtis, 1900 Cura foremanii is a species of freshwater planarian belonging to the family Dugesiidae . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is found in freshwater habitats within North America .