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SUBMITTER: Sola E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4467178 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Solà Eduard E Sluys Ronald R Segev Ori O Blaustein Leon L Riutort Marta M
ZooKeys 20150528 506
The taxonomic status of Dugesiabiblica (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dugesiidae) from Israel and Turkey is problematic due to its morphological similarity with Dugesiasicula since these nominal species present overlapping characters. In this study we analyzed histological preparations of specimens of these two nominal species and also compared mitochondrial COI gene sequences from Israeli populations to the already known haplotype composition of Dugesiasicula. We concluded that these animals bel ...[more]