<i>Girardia festae</i> (Borelli, 1898) (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Dugesiidae): distribution extension in a high-altitude lake from Colombia
We revise the Neotropical distribution of <i>Girardia festae</i> (Platyhelminthes, Dugesiidae) following a new record in a Colombian high-altitude lake. <i>G. festae</i> is a freshwater planarian known mainly in the Andean Cordillera from Venezuela to Argentina. The species&#...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2012 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Institución: | Universidad Nacional de La Plata |
| Repositorio: | SEDICI (UNLP) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/37156 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/37156 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Ciencias Naturales Biología Dugesiidae Girardia Planaria Platyhelminthes Tricladida Turbellaria Colombia |
| Sumario: | We revise the Neotropical distribution of <i>Girardia festae</i> (Platyhelminthes, Dugesiidae) following a new record in a Colombian high-altitude lake. <i>G. festae</i> 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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