Spathula

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Geoplanoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Platyzoa Phylum: Platyhelminthes Subphylum: Rhabditophora Ordo: Tricladida Subordo: Continenticola Superfamilia: Geoplanoidea

Familia: Dugesiidae
Genus: Spathula
Species: S. alba – S. fontinalis – S. limicola – S. miserabile – S. musculosa – S. neara – S. schauinslandi – S. simplex – ...

Name

Spathula Nurse, 1950

Type species: Spathula limicola Nurse, 1950, by original designation.

References

• Allison, F.R. 1997: A new species of freshwater triclad, Spathula alba sp. nov. (Turbellaria, Tricladida). Records of the Canterbury Museum, 11: 43–51.
• Ball, I.R. 1977: A monograph of the genus Spathula (Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria: Tricladida). Australian journal of zoology, supplementary series, 47. [1]
• Johns, P.; Newman, L.J.; Holleman, J.J.; Dawson, E.W.; Sterrer, W.; Allison, F.R.; Diggles, B.K.; Andrews, J.R.H.; Hine, P.M.; McKenna, P.B.; Poulin, R. 2009: 5. Platyhelminthes: flatworms, tapeworms, flukes. Pp. 102-128 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 1. Kingdom Animalia. Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand.
• Grant, L.J., Sluys, R. & Blair, D. 2006. Biodiversity of Australian freshwater planarians (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Paludicola): new species and localities, and a review of paludicolan distribution in Australia. Systematics and biodiversity 4(4): 435–471. DOI: 10.1017/S1477200006002064 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Nurse, F.R. 1950: Freshwater triclads new to the fauna of New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 78: 410–417, plates 45-49. PDF