@article {1680,
	title = {The first troglobitic species of freshwater flatworm of the suborder Continenticola (Platyhelminthes) from South America},
	journal = {ZooKeys},
	volume = {470},
	year = {2015},
	month = {12/01/2015},
	pages = {1-16},
	publisher = {Pensoft Publishers},
	abstract = {<p>Brazilian cave diversity, especially of invertebrates, is poorly known. The Bodoquena Plateau, which is located in the Cerrado Biome in central Brazil, has approximately 200 recorded caves with a rich system of subterranean water resources and high troglobitic diversity. Herein we describe a new troglobitic species of Girardia that represents the first obligate cave-dwelling species of the suborder Continenticola in South America. Specimens of the new species, which occur in a limestone cave in the Bodoquena Plateau, in the Cerrado biome, are unpigmented and eyeless. Species recognition in the genus Girardia is difficult, due to their great morphological resemblance. However, the new species can be easily recognized by a unique feature in its copulatory apparatus, namely a large, branched bulbar cavity with multiple diverticula.</p>
},
	isbn = {1313-29891313-2970},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.470.8728},
	author = {de Souza, Stella Teles and Nunes Morais, Ana Laura and Cordeiro , L{\'\i}via Medeiros and Leal-Zanchet, Ana Maria}
}
@article {659,
	title = {Chromosome polymorphism and complements in populations of Girardia species (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Paludicola) from Southern Brazil},
	journal = {Brazilian Journal of Biology},
	volume = {67},
	number = {4, suppl.},
	year = {2007},
	month = {12/2007},
	pages = {951-955},
	abstract = {<p>The karyotypes of four species of freshwater triclads of the genus Girardia (Platyhelminthes), i.e. G. schubarti, G. tigrina, G. anderlani, and G. biapertura, from populations of different localities of the Rio Grande do Sul State, in southern Brazil, were analyzed. The karyotype of G. biapertura is presented for the first time. Three basic complements of 4, 8, and 9 chromosomes were found. Diploids, triploids, or mixoploids (2n/3n) specimens were frequently detected in these populations. The basic chromosomal complement of n = 9 was verified in two different species (G. biapertura and G. anderlani), presenting a large acrocentric chromosome which is rare in the family Dugesiidae. An intra and interspecific chromosomal variability was also detected and its evolutionary implications are discussed.</p>
},
	issn = {1519-6984},
	doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1519-69842007000500021},
	url = {http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract\&pid=S1519-69842007000500021\&lng=en\&nrm=iso\&tlng=en},
	author = {Benya, E. and Leal-Zanchet, Ana Maria and Santos, W. H. and Hauser, J. and Erdtmann, B.}
}
