@article {707, title = {A new species of freshwater planarian belonging to the genus Dugesia (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) from Sardinia}, journal = {Italian Journal of Zoology}, volume = {67}, number = {4}, year = {2000}, pages = {379-383}, abstract = {

Dugesia leporii sp. n. from SW Sardinia is described. It is characterised by a comparatively small copulatory apparatus, the shape of the penial papilla, and the course and opening of the ejaculatory duct. The penial papilla, which has a penial valve, protrudes into an undivided atrium and is not provided with accessory structures. The taxonomic position of the new species within the D. gonocephala group is discussed.

}, doi = {10.1080/11250000009356343}, url = {http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/11250000009356343$\#$.UsiF9_ZLraQ}, author = {Maria Pala and Giacinta Angela Stocchino and Gavina Corso and Salvatore Casu} } @article {694, title = {African planarians: Dugesia aethiopica sp. n. (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) from Lake Tana (NW Ethiopia)}, journal = {Italian Journal of Zoology}, volume = {69}, number = {1}, year = {2002}, pages = {45-51}, publisher = {Taylor \& Francis}, abstract = {

A new species of Dugesia from East Africa is described as a first report of Platyhelminthes from Lake Tana. Dugesia aethiopica sp. n. is characterized by the shape of its bursa copulatrix; length, diameter, course, and opening of the bursal canal; opening of the oviducts; shape of the penis papilla; penial parenchymatic cavity. The taxonomic position of the new species within the D. gonocephala group is discussed in comparison with the other African and Madagascan species.

}, doi = {10.1080/11250000209356437}, author = {Giacinta Angela Stocchino and G. Corso and Manconi, Renata and Maria Pala} } @article {6, title = {African planarians: morphology and karyology of Dugesia maghrebiana sp. n. (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) from Tunisia}, journal = {Italian Journal of Zoology}, volume = {76}, number = {1}, year = {2009}, month = {03/2009}, pages = {83-91}, chapter = {83}, doi = {10.1080/11250000802141683}, author = {Giacinta Angela Stocchino and R. Manconi and G. Corso and Ronald Sluys and S. Casu and Maria Pala} } @article {18, title = {Molecular barcoding and phylogeography of sexual and asexual freshwater planarians of the genus Dugesia in the Western Mediterranean (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dugesiidae).}, journal = {Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution}, volume = {52}, number = {3}, year = {2009}, month = {09/2009}, pages = {835-845}, chapter = {835}, abstract = {

Planarians of the genus Dugesia have a worldwide distribution with high species diversity in the Mediterranean area. In this area, populations with a triploid karyotype that reproduce by fissiparity are exceptionally frequent, outnumbering the sexual populations. This situation poses interesting questions, such as the age of these asexual lineages, whether they all belong to the same species or whether the triploidization event is recurrent, and what factors (climatic, geographical, historical...) explain the prevalence of these asexual forms. However, asexual populations cannot be assigned to a species due to the lack of copulatory apparatus - the main structure used in species identification. In this study, we have developed a DNA barcoding method, based on COI and ITS-1 sequences, which allows the assignment of the fissiparous forms to sexual species. At the same time, phylogenetic analysis from species of the western Mediterranean have unveiled the presence of species with highly differentiated populations alongside species with a wide distribution and almost no genetic variation. The roles of habitat instability, dispersal capacity and human activities are briefly discussed.

}, doi = {10.1016/j.ympev.2009.04.022}, author = {Eva M. L{\'a}zaro and Ronald Sluys and Maria Pala and Giacinta Angela Stocchino and Jaume Bagu{\~n}{\`a} and Marta Riutort} } @article {308, title = {A new species of Dugesia (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dugesiidae) from the Afromontane forest in South Africa, with an overview of freshwater planarians from the African continent}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {3551}, year = {2012}, pages = {43{\textendash}58}, author = {Giacinta Angela Stocchino and Ronald Sluys and Manconi, Renata} } @article {474, title = {Overview of life cycles in model species of the genus Dugesia (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida)}, journal = {Italian Journal of Zoology}, volume = {80}, number = {3}, year = {2013}, month = {08/2013}, pages = {319-328}, chapter = {319}, url = {http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/11250003.2013.822025$\#$.UjmNhT9F9ws}, author = {Giacinta Angela Stocchino and Manconi, Renata} } @article {479, title = {Subterranean Aquatic Planarians of Sardinia, with a Discussion on the Penial Flagellum and the Bursal Canal Sphincter in the Genus Dendrocoelum (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dendrocoelidae)}, journal = {Journal of Cave and Karst Studies}, volume = {75}, number = {2}, year = {2013}, month = {08/2013}, pages = {93-112}, chapter = {93}, issn = {1090-6924}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.4311/2011LSC0252}, url = {http://www.caves.org/pub/journal/PDF/v75/cave-75-02-93.pdf}, author = {Giacinta Angela Stocchino and Ronald Sluys and Palolo Marcia and Manconi, Renata} } @article {471, title = {Integrative taxonomy of a new species of planarian from the Lake Ohrid basin, including an analysis of biogeographical patterns in freshwater triclads from the Ohrid region (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dugesiidae)}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {313}, year = {2013}, month = {06/2013}, pages = {25-43}, url = {http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/article/5363/integrative-taxonomy-of-a-new-species-of-planarian-from-the-lake-ohrid-basin-including-an-analysis-of-biogeographical-pa}, author = {Giacinta Angela Stocchino and Ronald Sluys and Paolo Deri and Manconi, Renata} } @article {857, title = {A new and aberrant species of Dugesia (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dugesiidae) from Madagascar}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {425}, year = {2014}, pages = {71-88}, author = {Giacinta Angela Stocchino and Ronald Sluys and Manconi, Renata} }