@article {1790, title = {Brief descriptions of several terrestrial planariae and of some remarkable marine species, with an account of their habits}, journal = {The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth{\textquoteright}s Magazine of Natural History}, volume = {14}, year = {1844}, pages = {241-251}, url = {http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19582$\#$page/267/mode/1up}, author = {Charles Darwin} } @article {1789, title = {Some land planarians from Caribbean countries}, journal = {American Museum Novitates}, year = {1962}, month = {10/1962}, pages = {1-25}, url = {http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/3423}, author = {Libbie H. Hyman} } @article {ZOJ:ZOJ12358, title = {The true identity of Obama (Platyhelminthes: Geoplanidae) flatworm spreading across Europe}, journal = {Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society}, volume = {177}, number = {1}, year = {2016}, pages = {5{\textendash}28}, abstract = {

Since 2008 there have been many records in Europe (British Isles, Spain, France, Italy) of a large terrestrial planarian morphologically very similar to the Brazilian species Obama marmorata. Sequences of mitochondrial (Cox1) and nuclear (18S, 28S, ITS-1 and EF) genes from European specimens and some from Brazil indicate that they belong to a species different from that of other specimens also collected in Brazil. Moreover, the phylogenetic results show that they are not sister-species. Histological sections of both Brazilian and European specimens reveal subtle morphological differences between the two species. Obama marmorata is confined to Brazil, and the second, herein described new species, Obama nungara sp. nov., is found in Brazil and Europe. These cryptic species may be syntopic in areas in Brazil. The new species occurs in human-modified environments both in Brazil and in Europe. We also conclude that the specimens from Spain and Argentina identified previously as Obama marmorata belong to the new species.

}, keywords = {BPP, Continenticola, Cox I gene, Geoplana, GMYC, histology, morphology, phylogeny, planarians}, issn = {1096-3642}, doi = {10.1111/zoj.12358}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12358}, author = {Carbayo, Fernando and {\'A}lvarez-Presas, Marta and Jones, Hugh D. and Riutort, Marta} } @article {714, title = {Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum, Pacificum Septentrionalem a Republica Federata missa, Johanne Rodgers Duce, observavit et descripsit. Pars. I. Turbellaria Dendrocoela}, journal = {Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia}, volume = {9}, year = {1857}, pages = {19-31}, url = {http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/84745$\#$page/33/mode/1up}, author = {W. Stimpson} } @article {54, title = {The Classification and Reproductive Organs of New Zealand Land Planarians. Part IV}, journal = {Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868-1961}, volume = {83}, year = {1956}, pages = {505-514}, chapter = {505}, author = {Fyfe, Marion L.} } @article {153, title = {Land planarians (Platyhelminthes) as a model organism for fine-scale phylogeographic studies: understanding patterns of biodiversity in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest hotspot}, journal = {Journal of Evolutionary Biology}, volume = {24}, number = {4}, year = {2011}, pages = {887-896}, chapter = {887}, abstract = {

The Brazilian Atlantic Forest is one of the richest biodiversity hotspots of the world. Paleoclimatic models have predicted two large stability regions in its northern and central parts, whereas southern regions might have suffered strong instability during Pleistocene glaciations. Molecular phylogeographic and endemism studies show, nevertheless, contradictory results: although some results validate these predictions, other data suggest that paleoclimatic models fail to predict stable rainforest areas in the south. Most studies, however, have surveyed species with relatively high dispersal rates whereas taxa with lower dispersion capabilities should be better predictors of habitat stability. Here, we have used two land planarian species as model organisms to analyse the patterns and levels of nucleotide diversity on a locality within the Southern Atlantic Forest. We find that both species harbour high levels of genetic variability without exhibiting the molecular footprint of recent colonization or population expansions, suggesting a long-term stability scenario. The results reflect, therefore, that paleoclimatic models may fail to detect refugia in the Southern Atlantic Forest, and that model organisms with low dispersal capability can improve the resolution of these models.

}, doi = {10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02220.x}, url = {http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02220.x/abstract}, author = {Marta {\'A}lvarez-Presas and Carbayo, Fernando and Julio Rozas and Marta Riutort} }