Dugesia tubqalis

Dugesia tubqalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Order:	Tricladida
Family:	Dugesiidae
Genus:	Dugesia
Species:	D. tubqalis
Binomial name
	Dugesia tubqalis; Harrath & Sluys, 2012

Dugesia tubqalis is a species of dugesiid triclad that inhabits springs of Morocco, Africa. It's named after the Toubkal peak (Tubqal in Berber), the highest in the Atlas Mountains. It has been found between 1,702 and 2,164 m of altitude.^[1]

Description

Living animals measure up to 20 millimetres (0.79 in) in length and 3 millimetres (0.12 in) in width. They have a pigmented dorsal surface, and a paler ventral surface. The head is triangle-shaped with two eyes in pigment free-patches.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b A.H. Harrath, R. Sluys, D. Merzoug, M. Yacoubikhebiza, S. Alwasel, M. Riutort, Freshwater planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) from the Palearctic section of the African continent: new records, with the description of a new species, Zootaxa. 3182 (2012)

[harrath12-1] A.H. Harrath, R. Sluys, D. Merzoug, M. Yacoubikhebiza, S. Alwasel, M. Riutort, Freshwater planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) from the Palearctic section of the African continent: new records, with the description of a new species, Zootaxa. 3182 (2012)

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