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...

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Authors: Brusa, Francisco, Negrete, Lisandro Hector Luis, Herrera Martínez, Yimy, Herrando Pérez, Salvador
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2012
Country:Argentina
Institution:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repository:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/198353
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/198353
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:PLATYHELMINTHES
DUGESIIDAE
COLOMBIA
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Summary: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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