Turbellarians taxon details

Dugesia Girard, 1850

181568  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:181568)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Platyhelminthes (Phylum)
  4. Rhabditophora (Subphylum)
  5. Tricladida (Order)
  6. Continenticola (Suborder)
  7. Geoplanoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Dugesiidae (Family)
  9. Dugesia (Genus)
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  1. Species Dugesia absoloni (Komarek, 1919)
  2. Species Dugesia aconcinna Chen & Dong, 2025
  3. Species Dugesia adunca Chen & Sluys, 2022
  4. Species Dugesia aenigma De Vries, 1984
  5. Species Dugesia aethiopica Stocchino, Corso, Manconi & Pala, 2002
  6. Species Dugesia afromontana Stocchino & Sluys, 2012
  7. Species Dugesia ancoraria Zhu & Wang, 2024
  8. Species Dugesia andamanensis (Kaburaki, 1925)
  9. Species Dugesia annandalei (Kaburaki, 1918)
  10. Species Dugesia arabica Harrath & Sluys, 2013
  11. Species Dugesia arcadia De Vries, 1988
  12. Species Dugesia ariadnae De Vries, 1984
  13. Species Dugesia artesiana Sluys & Grant, 2007
  14. Species Dugesia astrocheta Marcus, 1953
  15. Species Dugesia aurea Leria, 2020
  16. Species Dugesia austroasiatica Kawakatsu, 1985
  17. Species Dugesia bactriana de Beauchamp, 1959
  18. Species Dugesia bakurianica Porfirieva, 1958
  19. Species Dugesia batuensis Ball, 1970
  20. Species Dugesia benazzii Lepori, 1951
  21. Species Dugesia bengalensis Kawakatsu, 1983
  22. Species Dugesia biblica Benazzi & Banchetti, 1973
  23. Species Dugesia bifida Stocchino & Sluys, 2014
  24. Species Dugesia bijuga Harrath & Sluys, 2019
  25. Species Dugesia borneana Kawakatsu, 1972
  26. Species Dugesia brachycephala (Bohmig, 1897)
  27. Species Dugesia brigantii De Vries & Benazzi, 1983
  28. Species Dugesia burmaensis (Kaburaki, 1918)
  29. Species Dugesia bursagrossa Harrath & Sluys, 2025
  30. Species Dugesia cantonensis Yang & Yin, 2025
  31. Species Dugesia capensis Sluys, 2007
  32. Species Dugesia chichkovi (Hranova, 1929)
  33. Species Dugesia circumcisa Chen & Dong, 2021
  34. Species Dugesia constrictiva Chen & Dong, 2022
  35. Species Dugesia corbata Leria, 2020
  36. Species Dugesia crassimentula Sluys & Stocchino, 2024
  37. Species Dugesia cretica (Meixner, 1928)
  38. Species Dugesia damoae De Vries, 1984
  39. Species Dugesia debeauchampi De Vries, 1988
  40. Species Dugesia deharvengi Kawakatsu & Mitchell, 1989
  41. Species Dugesia didiaphragma De Vries, 1988
  42. Species Dugesia dubia (Borelli, 1895)
  43. Species Dugesia ectophysa Marcus, 1953
  44. Species Dugesia effusa Sluys, 2013
  45. Species Dugesia elegans De Vries, 1984
  46. Species Dugesia etrusca Benazzi, 1944
  47. Species Dugesia fissipara (Kennel, 1888)
  48. Species Dugesia foeni Ball, 1977
  49. Species Dugesia fontinalis (Nurse, 1950)
  50. Species Dugesia gemmulata Sun & Wang, 2022
  51. Species Dugesia gibberosa Stocchino & Sluys, 2017
  52. Species Dugesia golanica Bromley & Benazzi, 1991
  53. Species Dugesia gonocephala (Duges, 1830)
  54. Species Dugesia gonocephaloides Girard, 1850
  55. Species Dugesia granosa Stocchino & Sluys, 2017
  56. Species Dugesia hepta Pala, Casu & Vacca, 1981
  57. Species Dugesia hoernesi (Weiss, 1909)
  58. Species Dugesia hoidi Dols-Serrate, Stocchino, Sluys & Riutort, 2024
  59. Species Dugesia hymanae (Sivickis, 1928)
  60. Species Dugesia iheringii (Bohmig, 1887)
  61. Species Dugesia ilvana Lepori, 1948
  62. Species Dugesia improvisa Sluys & Sola, 2013
  63. Species Dugesia indica Kawakatsu, 1969
  64. Species Dugesia indonesiana Kawakatsu, 1973
  65. Species Dugesia insolita Stocchino & Sluys, 2024
  66. Species Dugesia iranica Livanov, 1951
  67. Species Dugesia izuensis Kato, 1943
  68. Species Dugesia japonica Ichikawa & Kawakatsu, 1964
  69. Species Dugesia krishnaswamyi Kawakatsu, 1975
  70. Species Dugesia lamottei de Beauchamp, 1952
  71. Species Dugesia lanzai Banchetti & del Papa, 1972
  72. Species Dugesia lata (Sivickis, 1923)
  73. Species Dugesia laurentiana (Borelli, 1897)
  74. Species Dugesia leclerci Kawakatsu & Mitchel, 1995
  75. Species Dugesia leporii Pala, Stocchino, Corso & Casu, 2000
  76. Species Dugesia libanica Bromley & Benazzi, 1991
  77. Species Dugesia liguriensis De Vries, 1988
  78. Species Dugesia lindbergi de Beauchamp, 1959
  79. Species Dugesia machadoi de Beauchamp, 1952
  80. Species Dugesia maculata (Leidy, 1847)
  81. Species Dugesia maghrebiana Stocchino, Manconi, Corso, Sluys, Casu & Pala, 2009
  82. Species Dugesia majuscula Chen & Dong, 2021
  83. Species Dugesia malickyi De Vries, 1984
  84. Species Dugesia mariae Dols-Serrate, Stocchino, Sluys & Riutort, 2024
  85. Species Dugesia mertoni (Steinmann, 1914)
  86. Species Dugesia michaelsoni (Bohmig, 1902)
  87. Species Dugesia microbursalis (Hyman, 1931)
  88. Species Dugesia milloti Beauchamp, 1952
  89. Species Dugesia minotauros De Vries, 1984
  90. Species Dugesia mirabilis De Vries, 1988
  91. Species Dugesia modesta Girard, 1893
  92. Species Dugesia monomyoda Marcus, 1953
  93. Species Dugesia montana Nurse, 1950
  94. Species Dugesia musculosa Chen & Dong, 2024
  95. Species Dugesia myopa De Vries, 1988
  96. Species Dugesia naiadis Sluys, 2013
  97. Species Dugesia nannophallus Ball, 1970
  98. Species Dugesia nansheae De Vries, 1988
  99. Species Dugesia neumanni (Neppi, 1904)
  100. Species Dugesia nonatoi Marcus, 1946
  101. Species Dugesia notogaea Sluys & Kawakatsu, 1998
  102. Species Dugesia novaguineana Kawakatsu, 1976
  103. Species Dugesia parasagitta Sluys & Sola, 2013
  104. Species Dugesia patula Cheng & Dong, 2025
  105. Species Dugesia pendula Chen & Dong, 2024
  106. Species Dugesia polyorchis (Fuhrmann, 1912)
  107. Species Dugesia postica Chen & Dong, 2025
  108. Species Dugesia punensis Chinchalkar & Kshirsagar, 2025
  109. Species Dugesia pustulata Harrath & Sluys, 2019
  110. Species Dugesia rincona Marcus, 1954
  111. Species Dugesia ryukyuensis Kawakatsu, 1976
  112. Species Dugesia saccaria Wang & Sluys, 2024
  113. Species Dugesia saccata Chen & Dong, 2025
  114. Species Dugesia sagitta (Schmidt, 1861)
  115. Species Dugesia salina (Whitehouse, 1914)
  116. Species Dugesia schauinslandi (Neppi, 1904)
  117. Species Dugesia seclusa (de Beauchamp, 1940)
  118. Species Dugesia semiglobosa Chen & Dong, 2021
  119. Species Dugesia siamana Kawakatsu, 1980
  120. Species Dugesia sicula Lepori, 1948
  121. Species Dugesia sigmoides Stocchino & Sluys, 2017
  122. Species Dugesia similis (Bohmig, 1902)
  123. Species Dugesia sinensis Chen & Wang, 2015
  124. Species Dugesia subtentaculata (Draparnaud, 1801)
  125. Species Dugesia superioris Stocchino & Sluys, 2013
  126. Species Dugesia tamilensis Kawakatsu, 1980
  127. Species Dugesia tanganyikae (Laidlaw, 1906)
  128. Species Dugesia tubqalis Harrath & Sluys, 2012
  129. Species Dugesia tumida Chen & Sluys, 2022
  130. Species Dugesia uenorum Kawakatsu & Mitchel, 1995
  131. Species Dugesia umbonata Song & Wang, 2020
  132. Species Dugesia venusta (Bohmig, 1897)
  133. Species Dugesia verrucula Chen & Dong, 2021
  134. Species Dugesia vestibularis De Vries, 1988
  135. Species Dugesia vilafarrei Leria, 2020
  136. Species Dugesia wytegrensis (Sabussow, 1907)
  137. Species Dugesia xeropotamica Dols-Serrate, Stocchino, Nuin-Villabona, Sluys & Riutort, 2024
  138. Species Dugesia aborensis (Whitehouse, 1913) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  139. Species Dugesia aurita (Kennel, 1888) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  140. Species Dugesia barroisi (Whitehouse, 1914) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  141. Species Dugesia bilineata (Kaburaki, 1918) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  142. Species Dugesia colapha Dahm, 1967 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  143. Species Dugesia congolensis de Beauchamp, 1951 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  144. Species Dugesia persica Behzad, Masoud & Mahmood, 1998 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  145. Species Dugesia rava (Weiss, 1909) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  146. Species Dugesia sudanica Dahm, 1971 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  147. Species Dugesia tiberiensis (Whitehouse, 1914) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  148. Species Dugesia aberana Neppi, 1904 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, nomen nudum)
  149. Species Dugesia agilis (Stringer, 1909) accepted as Girardia dorotocephala (Woodworth, 1897)
  150. Species Dugesia alpina (Dana, 1766) accepted as Crenobia alpina (Dana, 1766)
  151. Species Dugesia ambigua (Bohmig, 1902) accepted as Curtisia ambigua (Bohmig, 1902)
  152. Species Dugesia anceps Kenk, 1930 accepted as Girardia anceps (Kenk, 1930)
  153. Species Dugesia anderlani Kawakatsu & Hauser, 1983 accepted as Girardia anderlani (Kawakatsu & Hauser, 1983)
  154. Species Dugesia andina (Borelli, 1895) accepted as Girardia andina (Borelli, 1895)
  155. Species Dugesia antillana Kenk, 1941 accepted as Girardia antillana Kenk, 1941
  156. Species Dugesia arimana Hyman, 1957 accepted as Girardia arimana (Hyman, 1957)
  157. Species Dugesia arndti Marcus, 1946 accepted as Girardia arndti Marcus, 1946
  158. Species Dugesia barbarae Mitchell & Kawakatsu, 1973 accepted as Girardia barbarae (Mitchell & Kawakatsu, 1973)
  159. Species Dugesia boehmigi (Weiss, 1910) accepted as Euplanaria bohmigi (Weiss, 1910)
  160. Species Dugesia bonaerensis Moretto, 1996 accepted as Girardia bonaerensis (Moretto, 1996)
  161. Species Dugesia camara Ball, 1977 accepted as Spathula camara Ball, 1977
  162. Species Dugesia cameliae (Fuhrmann, 1912) accepted as Girardia cameliae (Fuhrmann, 1912)
  163. Species Dugesia chilla Marcus, 1954 accepted as Girardia chilla (Marcus, 1954)
  164. Species Dugesia cubana Codreanu & Balcesco, 1973 accepted as Girardia cubana Codreanu & Balcesco, 1973
  165. Species Dugesia diabolis Hyman, 1956 accepted as Girardia dorotocephala (Woodworth, 1897)
  166. Species Dugesia dimorpha (Bohmig, 1902) accepted as Girardia festai (Borelli, 1898)
  167. Species Dugesia dorotocephala (Woodworth, 1897) accepted as Girardia dorotocephala (Woodworth, 1897)
  168. Species Dugesia evelinae Marcus, 1955 accepted as Neppia evelinae Marcus, 1955
  169. Species Dugesia falklandica (Westblad, 1952) accepted as Neppia falklandica (Westblad, 1952)
  170. Species Dugesia festae Borelli, 1898 accepted as Girardia festai (Borelli, 1898)
  171. Species Dugesia festai Borelli, 1898 accepted as Girardia festai (Borelli, 1898)
  172. Species Dugesia foremanii Girard, 1852 accepted as Cura foremanii (Girard, 1852)
  173. Species Dugesia glandulosa (Kenk, 1930) accepted as Romankenkius glandulosus (Kenk, 1930)
  174. Species Dugesia graffi (Weiss, 1909) accepted as Girardia graffi (Weiss, 1909)
  175. Species Dugesia guatemalensis Mitchell & Kawakatsu, 1973 accepted as Girardia guatemalensis (Mitchell & Kawakatsu, 1973)
  176. Species Dugesia hypoglauca Marcus, 1948 accepted as Girardia hypoglauca Marcus, 1948
  177. Species Dugesia iberica Gourbault & Benazzi, 1979 accepted as Dugesia subtentaculata (Draparnaud, 1801)
  178. Species Dugesia jeanneli (de Beauchamp, 1913) accepted as Neppia jeanneli (de Beauchamp, 1913)
  179. Species Dugesia jenkinsae Benazzi & Gourbault, 1977 accepted as Girardia jenkinsae Benazzi & Gourbault, 1977
  180. Species Dugesia jimi Martins, 1970 accepted as Girardia tigrina (Girard, 1850)
  181. Species Dugesia longistriata (Fuhrmann, 1912) accepted as Girardia longistriata (Fuhrmann, 1912)
  182. Species Dugesia lugubris (Schmidt, 1861) accepted as Schmidtea lugubris Schmidt, 1861
  183. Species Dugesia mackenziei Mitchell & Kawakatsu, 1973 accepted as Girardia mckenziei (Mitchell & Kawakatsu, 1973)
  184. Species Dugesia mckenziei Mitchell & Kawakatsu, 1973 accepted as Girardia mckenziei (Mitchell & Kawakatsu, 1973)
  185. Species Dugesia mediterranea Benazzi, Baguna, Ballester & del Papa, 1975 accepted as Schmidtea mediterranea Benazzi, Baguna, Ballester & del Papa, 1975
  186. Species Dugesia minatauros De Vries, 1984 accepted as Dugesia minotauros De Vries, 1984 (literature misspelling)
  187. Species Dugesia paeta (Marcus, 1955) accepted as Neppia paeta (Marcus, 1955)
  188. Species Dugesia paramensis (Fuhrmann, 1912) accepted as Girardia paramensis Fuhrmann, 1912
  189. Species Dugesia patagonica (Borelli, 1901) accepted as Romankenkius patagonicus (Borelli, 1901)
  190. Species Dugesia pinguis (Weiss, 1910) accepted as Cura pinguis (Weiss, 1909)
  191. Species Dugesia polychroa (Schmidt, 1861) accepted as Schmidtea polychroa (Schmidt, 1861)
  192. Species Dugesia precaucasica Porfirieva, 1958 accepted as Dugesia gonocephala precaucasica Porfirieva, 1958
  193. Species Dugesia sanchezi Hyman, 1959 accepted as Girardia festai (Borelli, 1898)
  194. Species Dugesia schubarti (Marcus, 1946) accepted as Girardia schubarti (Marcus, 1946)
  195. Species Dugesia tahitiensis Gourbault, 1977 accepted as Girardia tahitiensis Gourbault, 1977
  196. Species Dugesia taurocaucasica (Livanov, 1951) accepted as Dugesia gonocephala taurocaucasica (Livanov, 1951)
  197. Species Dugesia tigrina (Girard, 1850) accepted as Girardia tigrina (Girard, 1850)
  198. Species Dugesia tinga (Marcus, 1955) accepted as Neppia tinga (Marcus, 1955)
  199. Species Dugesia titicacana Hyman, 1939 accepted as Girardia titicacana (Hyman, 1939)
  200. Species Dugesia torva (Müller OF, 1773) accepted as Planaria torva (Müller, 1773) Müller, 176
  201. Species Dugesia transcaucasica (Livanov, 1951) accepted as Dugesia gonocephala transcaucasica (Livanov, 1951)
  202. Species Dugesia typhlomexicana Mitchell & Kawakatsu, 1973 accepted as Girardia typhlomexicana (Mitchell & Kawakatsu, 1973)
  203. Species Dugesia ururiograndeana Kawakatsu, Hauser & Ponce de Leon, 1992 accepted as Girardia ururiograndeana (Kawakatsu, Hauser & Ponce de Leon, 1992)
  204. Species Dugesia veneranda Martins, 1970 accepted as Girardia chilla (Marcus, 1954)
  205. Species Dugesia wimbimba Marcus, 1970 accepted as Neppia wimbimba (Marcus, 1970)
marine, fresh
Not documented
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Dugesia Girard, 1850. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181568 on 2026-02-05
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2005-09-26 12:09:47Z
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Claus, Simon
2010-06-17 12:41:58Z
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Tyler, Seth
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Tyler, Seth
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Tyler, Seth

original description (of Euplanaria Hesse, 1897) Hesse, R. (1897). Untersuchungen über die Organe der Lichtempfindung bei niederen Thieren. II. Die Augen der Plathelminthen, insonderheit der tricladen Turbellarien. <em>Zeitschr. f. wiss. Zool.</em> 62: 527-582, tab 27-28, 3 figures.; (=Tübinger Zool. Arb. 2): 191-240, tab 27-28. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Geopaludicola Komarek, 1919) Komarek, J. (1919). O temnostnich Tricladach (Vermes, Turbellaria) z krazu balkenskych na zaklade Dra Karla Absolana. (Ueber hoehlenbewohnende Tricladen Karstgebieten des Balken auf Grund der Sammlungen von Dr K. Absolon. Zvlast otisk Casop Marovkseho Mus zem Brno, 50:3 [details] 

taxonomy source Dols-Serrate, D.; Guo, L.; Kruglyak, L.; Riutort, M. (2025). Mixed, not stirred: Genomic data confirm the first case of interspecific hybridization in planarian triclads (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida) and raise questions about a possibly novel form of hybrid speciation. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 207: 108339., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2025.108339 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 
 
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