Girardia festae (Borelli, 1898) (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Dugesiidae): distribution extension in a high-altitude lake from Colombia

We revise the Neotropical distribution of Girardia festae (Platyhelminthes, Dugesiidae) following a new record in a Colombian high-altitude lake. G. festae is a freshwater planarian known mainly in the Andean Cordillera from Venezuela to Argentina. The species’ key reproductive features include: ven...

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Main Authors: Francisco Brusa, Lisandro Negrete, Yimy Herrera-Martínez, Salvador Herrando-Pérez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2012-05-01
Series:Check List
Online Access:https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/18397/download/pdf/
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Lisandro Negrete
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description We revise the Neotropical distribution of Girardia festae (Platyhelminthes, Dugesiidae) following a new record in a Colombian high-altitude lake. G. festae is a freshwater planarian known mainly in the Andean Cordillera from Venezuela to Argentina. The species’ key reproductive features include: ventral testes, bottle-like penis papilla, and sperm ducts joining to the penis bulb latero-dorsally.
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spelling doaj.art-3df7b00d2612429b89daed95ff2e55302022-12-21T23:36:07ZengPensoft PublishersCheck List1809-127X2012-05-018227627910.15560/8.2.27618397Girardia festae (Borelli, 1898) (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Dugesiidae): distribution extension in a high-altitude lake from ColombiaFrancisco Brusa0Lisandro Negrete1Yimy Herrera-Martínez2Salvador Herrando-Pérez3Universidad Nacional de La PlataUniversidad Nacional de La PlataUniversidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de ColombiaUniversity of Adelaide (Australia) Bioestudios SagantaidearWe revise the Neotropical distribution of Girardia festae (Platyhelminthes, Dugesiidae) following a new record in a Colombian high-altitude lake. G. festae is a freshwater planarian known mainly in the Andean Cordillera from Venezuela to Argentina. The species’ key reproductive features include: ventral testes, bottle-like penis papilla, and sperm ducts joining to the penis bulb latero-dorsally.https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/18397/download/pdf/
spellingShingle Francisco Brusa
Lisandro Negrete
Yimy Herrera-Martínez
Salvador Herrando-Pérez
Girardia festae (Borelli, 1898) (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Dugesiidae): distribution extension in a high-altitude lake from Colombia
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title Girardia festae (Borelli, 1898) (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Dugesiidae): distribution extension in a high-altitude lake from Colombia
title_full Girardia festae (Borelli, 1898) (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Dugesiidae): distribution extension in a high-altitude lake from Colombia
title_fullStr Girardia festae (Borelli, 1898) (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Dugesiidae): distribution extension in a high-altitude lake from Colombia
title_full_unstemmed Girardia festae (Borelli, 1898) (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Dugesiidae): distribution extension in a high-altitude lake from Colombia
title_short Girardia festae (Borelli, 1898) (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Dugesiidae): distribution extension in a high-altitude lake from Colombia
title_sort girardia festae borelli 1898 platyhelminthes tricladida dugesiidae distribution extension in a high altitude lake from colombia
url https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/18397/download/pdf/
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