@article {1692, title = {First report of the exotic blue land planarian, Caenoplana coerulea (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae), on Menorca (Balearic Islands, Spain)}, journal = {ZooKeys}, year = {2012}, month = {2012}, pages = {91 - 105}, publisher = {Pensoft Publishers}, abstract = {

In April 2009 two specimens of a terrestrial flatworm were collected from under a rock in an orchard at Ciutadella de Menorca on the easternmost Balearic island of Menorca (Spain). Their external morphology suggested that both specimens belonged to the invasive blue planarian Caenoplana coerulea, a species which is native to eastern Australia. Sequence data of a fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) and of the entire 18S ribosomal RNA confirm its identification. This is one of the first records of the species in Europe where it has only been found in one locality in the United Kingdom, France and NE Spain.

}, isbn = {1313-29891313-2970}, url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3368283/}, author = {Breugelmans, Karin and Cardona, Josep Quintana and Artois, Tom and Jordaens, Kurt and Backeljau, Thierry} } @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 = {

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.

}, 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 {1679, title = {First report of the genus Cratera (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae) in Argentina, with description of a new species and comments on the species of the genus}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {610}, year = {2016}, month = {11/08/2016}, pages = {1-12}, publisher = {Pensoft Publishers}, abstract = {

A new species of land planarians of the genus Cratera is described. Cratera viridimaculata sp. n. was recorded in the Atlantic Forest Ecoregion, in north-eastern Argentina, and represents the first report of the genus Cratera outside Brazil. The new species is about 50 mm in length and externally characterized by a color pattern consisting of a light green olive pigmentation on the dorsum, stippled with dark gray fine spots, and dorsal eyes. Other features regarding the internal anatomy are the presence of a glandular margin, Cutaneous Muscular Index (CMI) of 10\–13\%, pharynx cylindrical, prostatic vesicle extrabulbar, tubular and C-shaped, with a proximal bifurcated portion, penis papilla protrusible with ejaculatory duct widened in its distal portion, and female atrium funnel-shaped. The new species is compared and discussed with its congeners.

}, isbn = {1313-29891313-2970}, url = {https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.610.9465}, author = {Lisandro Negrete and Francisco Bursa} } @article {1677, title = {Three new species of Cratera Carbayo et al., 2013 from Araucaria forests with a key to species of the genus (Platyhelminthes, Continenticola)}, journal = {ZooKeys}, year = {2017}, month = {2017}, pages = {1 - 32}, publisher = {Pensoft Publishers}, abstract = {

Areas of Araucaria moist forest have been considered to constitute hotspots of land flatworm diversity, harbouring a high number of undescribed species. Herein we describe three new species of land flatworms of Cratera occurring in such type of forest in south Brazil. The three species are differentiated from their congeners mainly by their colour pattern, anatomy of the pharynx and prostatic vesicle, and details of the penis papilla and male atrium. An identification key to species of the genus in the Neotropical region is provided.

}, isbn = {1313-29891313-2970}, url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5242264/}, author = {Rossi, Ilana and Leal-Zanchet, Ana} } @article {1492, title = {The taxonomic status of Dugesia biblica from Israel and Turkey (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dugesiidae)}, journal = {ZooKeys}, year = {2015}, month = {2015}, pages = {1 - 12}, publisher = {Pensoft Publishers}, abstract = {

The taxonomic status of Dugesia biblica (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dugesiidae) from Israel and Turkey is problematic due to its morphological similarity with Dugesia sicula 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 Dugesia sicula. We concluded that these animals belong to the same species and therefore we consider Dugesia biblica to be a junior synonym of Dugesia sicula. This implies that the distribution range of Dugesia sicula is even wider than previously thought, and that the species is present all around the Mediterranean Basin and on many of its islands.

}, isbn = {1313-29891313-2970}, url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4467178/}, author = {Sol{\`a}, Eduard and Sluys, Ronald and Segev, Ori and Blaustein, Leon and Riutort, Marta} } @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} }