Turbellarians taxon details

Girardia tigrina (Girard, 1850)

482186  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:482186)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Girard, C. F. (1850). Description of North American Planariae. <em>Proceedings of thr Boston Society of Natural History 1848-1851.</em> 3: 264-265. [details] OpenAccess publication
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Girardia tigrina (Girard, 1850). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=482186 on 2026-02-06
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2010-06-23 13:12:51Z
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2011-02-23 13:37:25Z
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2011-10-14 12:26:31Z
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2015-08-25 07:27:39Z
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original description Girard, C. F. (1850). Description of North American Planariae. <em>Proceedings of thr Boston Society of Natural History 1848-1851.</em> 3: 264-265. [details] OpenAccess publication

context source (Schelde) Van Ryckegem, G.; Van Braeckel, A.; Elsen, R.; Speybroeck, J.; Vandevoorde, B.; Mertens, W.; Breine, J.; Van den Bergh, E. (2014). MONEOS – Geïntegreerd datarapport: INBO: toestand Zeeschelde 2013 Monitoringsoverzicht en 1ste lijnsrapportage Geomorfologie, diversiteit Habitats en diversiteit Soorten. <em>Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, INBO.R.2014.2646963. Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek (INBO): Brussel.</em> 137 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Stocchino, G. A.; Sluys, R.; Harrath, A. H.; Mansour, L.; Manconi, R. (2019). The invasive alien freshwater flatworm Girardia tigrina (Girard, 1850) (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) in Western Europe: new insights into its morphology, karyology and reproductive biology. <em>Contributions to Zoology.</em> 1-21., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/18759866-20191406 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

biology source Benítez-Álvarez, L.; Leria, L.; Sluys, R.; Leal-Zanchet, A. M.; Riutort, M. (2023). Niche modelling and molecular phylogenetics unravel the colonisation biology of three species of the freshwater planarian genus Girardia (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida). <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 850(14): 3125-3142., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-023-05239-x [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record (of Dugesia tigrina (Girard, 1850)) Nehring, S. (2006). Four arguments why so many alien species settle into estuaries, with special reference to the German river Elbe. Helgol. Mar. Res. 60(2): 127-134. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source (of Dugesia tigrina (Girard, 1850)) Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Nontype Pla 18.1-18.2, geounit Italy [details]
Nontype ZMA V.Pl. 7283.1, geounit Italy [details]
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English immigrant triclad planarianimmigrant triclad flatwormbrown planaria  [details]
German Tiger-StrudelwurmTigerplanarieGefleckter Strudelwurm  [details]
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