Girardia dorotocephala

Girardia dorotocephala
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Order:	Tricladida
Family:	Dugesiidae
Genus:	Girardia
Species:	G. dorotocephala
Binomial name
	Girardia dorotocephala; (Woodworth, 1897)
Synonyms
	Planaria dorotocephala Woodworth, 1897; Euplanaria dorotocephala (Woodworth, 1897); Dugesia dorotocephala (Woodworth, 1897); Dugesia agilis (Stringer, 1909); Dugesia diabolis Hyman, 1956; Planaria agilis Stringer, 1909;

Girardia dorotocephala is a species of dugesiid triclad native to North America.^[1] It has been accidentally introduced in Japan.^[2] Girardia dorotocephala is cannibalistic, which led to its usage in memory transfer experiments.^[3]

References

^ *Tyler S, Schilling S, Hooge M, and Bush LF (comp.) (2006–2012) Turbellarian taxonomic database. Version 1.7 Database Archived 2013-11-04 at the Wayback Machine
^ Sluys, R., Kawakatsu, M., Yamamoto, K. (2010). "Exotic freshwater planarians currently known from Japan". Belgian Journal of Zoology, 140 (Suppl.). p. 103–109
^ James, McConnell (1965). "A Manual of Psychological Experimentation on Planarians" (PDF). The Worm Runner's Digest: 5, 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-11-10. Retrieved 2021-02-07.

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[1] *Tyler S, Schilling S, Hooge M, and Bush LF (comp.) (2006–2012) Turbellarian taxonomic database. Version 1.7 Database Archived 2013-11-04 at the Wayback Machine

[Sluys2010-2] Sluys, R., Kawakatsu, M., Yamamoto, K. (2010). "Exotic freshwater planarians currently known from Japan". Belgian Journal of Zoology, 140 (Suppl.). p. 103–109

[3] James, McConnell (1965). "A Manual of Psychological Experimentation on Planarians" (PDF). The Worm Runner's Digest: 5, 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-11-10. Retrieved 2021-02-07.

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