Schmidtea lugubris
Schmidtea lugubris is a species of freshwater flatworm, a dugesiid triclad found in Europe.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Order: | Tricladida |
Family: | Dugesiidae |
Genus: | Schmidtea |
Species: | S. lugubris |
Binomial name | |
Schmidtea lugubris (Schmidt, 1861) | |
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Description
S. lugubris is slender in shape. The head is blunt and rounded at full growth, but medium-sized individuals have lateral lobes forming a triangular shape. There are two eyes. The auricles of the head are a translucent grey color, but the rest of the backside is a dark brown.[1]
Diet
S. lugubris preys mainly on oligochaetes and gastropods.[2]
References
- Schmidt, O. (1861). Uber Planaria torva Autorum. Z wiss Zool (in German). 11(1):91-92 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Reynoldson, T. B.; Young, J. O. (1963). "The Food of Four Species of Lake-Dwelling Triclads". Journal of Animal Ecology. 32 (2): 175–191. doi:10.2307/2533. JSTOR 2533.
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