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Planaria
Planaria is a genus of planarians in the family Planariidae. Due to its excellent ability to regenerate, species of Planaria have also been used as model organisms in regeneration studies. When an individual is cut into pieces, each piece has the ability to regenerate into a fully formed individual. When decapitated, they retain their memories.
Planariidae
Planariidae is a family of freshwater planarians.
Geoplanoidea
Geoplanoidea is a superfamily of freshwater and land triclads that comprises the species of the Geoplanidae and the Dugesiidae families.
Continenticola
Continenticola is a clade that includes the land planarians (Geoplanidae) and the freshwater triclads (Dendrocoelidae, Dugesiidae, Kenkiidae and Planariidae).
Polycelis
Polycelis is a genus of planarians in the family Planariidae found in the Holarctic region (North America and Eurasia). The genus was described in 1831 by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg and currently has no consensus on the exact number of species.
Planaria torva
species of worm
Planarioidea
Planarioidea is a superfamily of freshwater triclads that comprises the families Dendrocoelidae, Kenkiidae and Planariidae.
Phagocata
Phagocata is a genus of planariid triclad.
Kenkiidae
Kenkiidae is a family of freshwater triclads. Their species can be found sporadically in caves, groundwater, and deep lakes in Central Asia, Far East and North America.
Crenobia alpina
species of worm
Hymanella retenuova
species of worm
Crenobia
Crenobia is a genus of planarians in the family Planariidae. It is endemic to Europe and Anatolia.
Sphalloplana
Sphalloplana is a genus of triclads belonging to the family Kenkiidae.
Paraplanaria
Paraplanaria is a genus of triclad belonging to the family Planariidae.
Seidlia
genus of Turbellaria
Hymanella
Hymanella is a genus of triclad belonging to the family Planariidae. Species have been found in North America.