Dugesia

Dugesia
Dugesia subtentaculata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Tricladida
Family: Dugesiidae
Genus: Dugesia
Girard, 1850
Species

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Distribution of genus Dugesia after Sluys et al. 1998.
Synonyms
  • Euplanaria Hesse, 1897
  • Geopaludicola Komarek, 1919

Dugesia is a genus of freshwater planarians in the family Dugesiidae triclads and the type genus of this family. These common flatworms are found in freshwater habitats of Africa, Eurasia, and Australia. Dugesia is best known to non-specialists because of its regeneration capacities.