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Genus of flatworms From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Schmidtea is a genus of freshwater triclads. Species of the genus Schmidtea are widely used in regeneration and developmental studies.[2][3]
Schmidtea | |
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Schmidtea mediterranea | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Order: | Tricladida |
Family: | Dugesiidae |
Genus: | Schmidtea Ball, 1974 |
Species[1] | |
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Until 1991, Schmidtea was considered as a subgenus of Dugesia, then it was elevated to the genus rank.[4]
The genus was presumably named after Eduard Oscar Schmidt, who described two species within the genus.[5]
Phylogenetic tree including five dugesiid genera after Álvarez-Presas et al., 2008:[6]
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