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Schmidtea

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Schmidtea is a genus of freshwater triclads. Species of the genus Schmidtea are widely used in regeneration and developmental studies.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumPlatyhelminthes
  3. OrderTricladida
  4. FamilyDugesiidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations16

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Dugesiidae
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taxon name
Schmidtea
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Schmidtea
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Phylogeny
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Schmidtea is a genus of freshwater triclads. Species of the genus Schmidtea are widely used in regeneration and developmental studies.

Until 1991, Schmidtea was considered as a subgenus of Dugesia, then it was elevated to the genus rank.

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