
Dugesia
Dugesia (pronounced, d(y)üˈjēzh(ē)ə) is a genus of dugesiid triclad that contains some common representatives of the class Turbellaria. These common flatworms are found in freshwater habitats of Africa, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Australia. Dugesia is best known to non-specialists because of its regeneration capacities.
24 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Dugesia gonocephala
speciesDugesia gonocephala

Dugesia japonica
speciesDugesia japonica

Dugesia iberica
speciesDugesia iberica

Dugesia sicula
speciesDugesia sicula

Dugesia corbata
speciesDugesia corbata

Dugesia improvisa
speciesDugesia improvisa

Dugesia cretica
speciesDugesia cretica
Dugesia bifida
speciesDugesia bifida
Dugesia sagitta
speciesDugesia sagitta
Dugesia montana
speciesDugesia montana
Dugesia aethiopica
speciesDugesia aethiopica
Dugesia notogaea
speciesDugesia notogaea
Dugesia bengalensis
speciesDugesia bengalensis

Dugesia subtentaculata
speciesDugesia subtentaculata

Dugesia liguriensis
speciesDugesia liguriensis
Dugesia etrusca
speciesDugesia etrusca
Dugesia ilvana
speciesDugesia ilvana
Dugesia benazzii
speciesDugesia benazzii
Dugesia hepta
speciesDugesia hepta
Dugesia monomyoda
speciesDugesia monomyoda
Dugesia neumanni
speciesDugesia neumanni
Dugesia ambigua
speciesDugesia ambigua

Dugesia similis
speciesDugesia similis
Dugesia izuensis
speciesDugesia izuensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 171418.