Schmidtea lugubris

Schmidtea lugubris is a species of freshwater flatworm, a dugesiid triclad found in Europe.

Schmidtea lugubris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Tricladida
Family: Dugesiidae
Genus: Schmidtea
Species:
S. lugubris
Binomial name
Schmidtea lugubris
(Schmidt, 1861)
Synonyms
  • Dugesia lugubris Schmidt, 1861
  • Dugesia lugubris (Schmidt, 1861)
  • Euplanaria lugubris (Schmidt, 1861)

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
  1. Schmidt, O. (1861). Uber Planaria torva Autorum. Z wiss Zool (in German). 11(1):91-92 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. 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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