Turbellarians taxon details
Obama nungara Carbayo, Alvarez-Presas, Jones & Riutort, 2016
951864 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:951864)
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Carbayo, F.; Álvarez-Presas, M.; Jones, H. D.; Riutort, M. (2016). The true identity ofObama(Platyhelminthes: Geoplanidae) flatworm spreading across Europe. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 177(1): 5-28., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12358 [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Obama nungara Carbayo, Alvarez-Presas, Jones & Riutort, 2016. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=951864 on 2026-09-06
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Carbayo, F.; Álvarez-Presas, M.; Jones, H. D.; Riutort, M. (2016). The true identity ofObama(Platyhelminthes: Geoplanidae) flatworm spreading across Europe. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 177(1): 5-28., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12358 [details]
additional source Lazányi, E.; Boll, P. K.; Páll-Gergely, B.; Simon, J.; Szeder, K. H.; Turóci, Á.; Katona, G. (2024). First records of alien land planarians (Platyhelminthes: Geoplanidae) in Hungary. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5403(5): 592-596., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5403.5.6 [details] Available for editors
additional source Negrete, L.; Lenguas Francavilla, M.; Damborenea, C.; Brusa, F. (2020). Trying to take over the world: Potential distribution of Obama nungara (Platyhelminthes: Geoplanidae), the Neotropical land planarian that has reached Europe. <em>Global Change Biology.</em> 26(9): 4907-4918., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15208 [details] Available for editors
additional source Noël, S.; Fourcade, Y.; Roy, V.; Gigon, A.; Dupont, L. (2025). Experimental assessment of the predation pressure by the exotic flatworm <i>Obama nungara</i> in its introduced range. <em>Current Zoology.</em> 72(1): 69-80., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoaf025 [details] Available for editors
ecology source Fourcade, Y.; Poirier, L.; Fauré, A.; Gaucherel, C.; Dupont, L. (2025). A qualitative model suggests that the soil ecosystem is resilient to the invasion by the land flatworm Obama nungara. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 27(3)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-025-03557-w [details] Available for editors
identification resource Jones, H. (2022). British land flatworms – Identification: an update since 2005. [details] Available for editors
additional source Lazányi, E.; Boll, P. K.; Páll-Gergely, B.; Simon, J.; Szeder, K. H.; Turóci, Á.; Katona, G. (2024). First records of alien land planarians (Platyhelminthes: Geoplanidae) in Hungary. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5403(5): 592-596., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5403.5.6 [details] Available for editors
additional source Negrete, L.; Lenguas Francavilla, M.; Damborenea, C.; Brusa, F. (2020). Trying to take over the world: Potential distribution of Obama nungara (Platyhelminthes: Geoplanidae), the Neotropical land planarian that has reached Europe. <em>Global Change Biology.</em> 26(9): 4907-4918., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15208 [details] Available for editors
additional source Noël, S.; Fourcade, Y.; Roy, V.; Gigon, A.; Dupont, L. (2025). Experimental assessment of the predation pressure by the exotic flatworm <i>Obama nungara</i> in its introduced range. <em>Current Zoology.</em> 72(1): 69-80., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoaf025 [details] Available for editors
ecology source Fourcade, Y.; Poirier, L.; Fauré, A.; Gaucherel, C.; Dupont, L. (2025). A qualitative model suggests that the soil ecosystem is resilient to the invasion by the land flatworm Obama nungara. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 27(3)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-025-03557-w [details] Available for editors
identification resource Jones, H. (2022). British land flatworms – Identification: an update since 2005. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
