@article {786, title = {A brief account of the fresh water species of Planariae inhabiting the United States}, journal = {Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History}, volume = {3}, year = {1850}, pages = {264-265}, url = {http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35741$\#$page/272/mode/1up}, author = {Charles Fr{\'e}d{\'e}ric Girard} } @article {347, title = {Description and anatomy of a new and curious subgenus of Planaria (Phagocata gracilis)}, journal = {Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia}, volume = {3}, year = {1847}, pages = {248-251}, author = {Leidy, J.} } @article {778, title = {Der genitalapparat der tricladen und seine beziehungen zu ihrer allgemeinen morphologie, phylogenie, {\"o}kologie und verbreitung}, journal = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r morphologie und {\"o}kologie der Tiere}, volume = {11}, number = {5}, year = {1928}, month = {09/1928}, pages = {570-612}, issn = {0372-9389}, doi = {10.1007/BF02424587}, url = {http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007\%2FBF02424587}, author = {Josef Meixner} } @article {351, title = {The fresh-water triclads of Michigan}, journal = {Miscellaneous publications / University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology}, volume = {60}, year = {1944}, pages = {1-44}, url = {http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/56305/MP060.pdf?sequence=1}, author = {Roman Kenk} } @article {445, title = {The fresh-water triclads (Turbellaria) of Alaska}, journal = {Proceedings of the United States National Museum}, volume = {103}, year = {1953}, pages = {163-186}, chapter = {163}, url = {http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53494$\#$page/193/mode/1up}, author = {Roman Kenk} } @article {755, title = {Report on the ecological survey of freshwater planarians in Kyoto city and its adjacent district, Honshu}, journal = {Japanese Journal of Ecology}, volume = {17}, number = {3}, year = {1967}, pages = {112-118}, abstract = {

In the vicinity of Kyoto City, 4 species of freshwater planarians, Dugesia japonica, Phagocata vivida, Phagocata kawakatsui and Bdellocephala brunnea, were found. D. japonica was most common in the stations both in the plain and the mountainous districts (below the altitude of about 950 m). P. vivida was rather common in the cold-water stations within the altitude range from about 120 to 950 m or more. P. kawakatsui was found only in a spring-fed stream in Kameoka City (Asahi-cho; the type locality of this species) and in a shallow well at Saga-tenryuji-chd in Kyoto City. A small population of B. brunnea was found in a large spring-fed stream at Nishioji-sichijo in Kyoto City (the southernmost locality of this species). This station is well known to biologists as the locality of the sexual race of D. japonica (the Nishioji stock). The type of the vertical distribution in the area surveyed is shown as J-JV-V (J; D japonica; V: P vivida). The 2 species of true lake-dwelling tri-clads, BdellocepEala annandalci and Dendrocoelopsis? sp. of Lake Biwa-ko, were recorded from the muddy bottom (35 to 50 m or more in depth) of the middle and northern parts of Lake Biwa-ko.

}, author = {Masaharu Kawakatsu and Ogawara, Genchu and Tarui, Yoshitsugu} } @article {756, title = {Report on the ecological survey of freshwater planarians in the Teshio Mountains and its adjacent seaboard district on the Sea of Japan, Hokkaido}, journal = {Japanese Journal of Ecology}, volume = {16}, number = {4}, year = {1966}, pages = {129-133}, abstract = {

The vertical distribution of the freshwater planarians in the Teshio Mountains (the Uryu mountainous district) and its adjacent seaboard district on the Sea of Japan in central and North Hokkaido is reported. The Teshio Mountains are rather low mountains and the highest peak, Mt. Pissiri, is 1031.5 m above sea level. The seaboard district on the Sea of Japan consists of 2 topographical units, one is the low land (the district between Wakkanai and Rumoi) and the other is the Mashike mountainous district (the main peak, Mt. Shokanbetsudake, is 1491 m high). The area surveyed is situated in Latitude 43[degree]30\’N. to 45[degree]30\’N. and Longitude 141[degree]20\’E. to 142[degree]30\’E. The main river systems of the districts are the Ishikari, the Teshio and several short rivers (the Enbetsu, the Kotanbetsu, the Obirashibe and the Shokanbetsu). Surveys were made chiefly in the summers of 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1965. In the area surveyed, 9 spp. of freshwater planarians, Dugesia japonica Ichikawa et Kawakatsu, Phagocata vivida (Ijima et Kaburaki), Phagocata iwamai Ichikawa et Kawakatsu, Phagocata albata Ichikawa et Kawakatsu, Polycelis sapporo (Ijima et Kaburaki), Polycelis schmidti (Zabusov), Dendrocoelopsis lacteus Ichikawa et Okugawa, Dendrocoelopsis ezensis Ichikawa et Okugawa and Dendrocoelopsis sp. of Otoineppu, were found (including the data of Dr. Kawakatsu). P. sapporo was found everywhere in the streams and springs both in the seashore district and the stations below the altitude of about 460 m. P. schmidti was rather common in the cold-water localities in the Teshio Mountains and at Teshio-cho (alt 15-740 m). P. vivida was collected only in the cold-water spring at On\’nenai (the northernmost locality of this species). The other 6 spp. were found chifely in the localities in the plain. The inhabitable water temperature range of the main species of freshwater planarians is as follows: P. sapporo (6.2-18.3[degree]C); P. schmidti (7.0-10.2[degree]C). The type of vertical distribution in the area surveyed is JSC-SC-C. The geographical distribution of P. vivida, P. auriculata and P. schmidti in Hokkaido is also described (modifica-tion of the deduction of the Dr. Kawakatsu\’s 1965 article). The northern limit of distribution of P. vivida: the Oshima Peninsula-Sapporo-Mt. Teshio-the Shiretoko Peninsula. The northern limit of distribution of Polycelis auriculata: the Oshima Peninsula-Sapporo-Mt. Teshio-Kushiro. The southern limit of distribution of P. schmidti: Mt. Pisshiri-Mt. Teshio-Akan-the Shiretoko Peninsula.

}, author = {Yamada, Tatsuya} } @article {699, title = {The reproductive apparatus of sexual specimens from fissiparous populations of Fonticola morgani (Tricladida, Paludicola)}, journal = {Canadian Journal of Zoology}, volume = {50}, year = {1972}, pages = {703-704}, author = {Mario Benazzi and Ian R. Ball} } @article {839, title = {An illustrated list of japanese freshwater planarians in color}, journal = {Bulletin of Fuji Women{\textquoteright}s College}, volume = {7}, year = {1969}, pages = {45-91}, address = {Sapporo}, author = {Masaharu Kawakatsu} } @article {629, title = {Index to the genera and species of the freshwater triclads (Turbellaria) of the world}, number = {183}, year = {1974}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.183}, url = {https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/5332}, author = {Roman Kenk} } @article {762, title = {A laboratory study of substrate and temperature preferences of three species of freshwater planarians (Turbellaria: Tricladida)}, journal = {Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science}, volume = {55}, year = {1980}, pages = {117-120}, url = {http://iweb.tntech.edu/sstedman/JTAS\%2055-4.pdf}, author = {Speight, D. C. and Chandler, C. M.} } @article {456, title = {Freshwater triclads (Turbellaria) of North America. XI. Phagocata holleri, new species, from a cave in North Carolina}, journal = {Proceedings of The Biological Society of Washington}, volume = {92}, year = {1979}, pages = {389-393}, chapter = {389}, url = {http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35514100/$\#$page/413/mode/1up}, author = {Roman Kenk} } @article {348, title = {The planarians (Turbellaria: Tricladida, Paludicola) of Lake Ohrid in Macedonia}, number = {280}, year = {1978}, url = {http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/Zoology/pdf_hi/SCTZ-0280.pdf}, author = {Roman Kenk} } @article {354, title = {Freshwater triclads (Turbellaria) of North America. X. Three new species of Phagocata from the eastern United States}, journal = {Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington}, volume = {89}, number = {56}, year = {1977}, pages = {645-652}, url = {http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/bf/ee/fc/bfeefcdda5dfa7737910359f3fcd60c9.pdf}, author = {Roman Kenk} } @article {130, title = {The biogeography of the genus Dugesia (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Paludicola) in the Mediterranean region}, journal = {Journal of Biogeography}, volume = {12}, year = {1985}, pages = {509-518}, chapter = {509}, author = {Elizabeth J. De Vries} } @article {457, title = {Freshwater triclads (Turbellaria) of North America. XV: Two new subterranean species from the Appalachian region}, journal = {Proceedings of The Biological Society of Washington}, volume = {97}, year = {1984}, pages = {209-216}, chapter = {209}, url = {http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34553527/$\#$page/229/mode/1up}, author = {Roman Kenk} } @article {455, title = {Freshwater triclads (Turbellaria) of North America. XIII. Phagocata hamptonae, new species, from Nevada}, journal = {Proceedings of The Biological Society of Washington}, volume = {95}, year = {1982}, pages = {161-166}, chapter = {161}, url = {http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34964465/$\#$page/179/mode/1up}, author = {Roman Kenk} } @article {88, title = {Taxonomy, ecology, and karyology of a new species of Phagocata from Spain, with a discussion on the phylogenetic systematics of the genus Phagocata s.l. (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Paludicola)}, journal = {Canadian Journal of Zoology}, volume = {73}, year = {1995}, pages = {557-568}, chapter = {557}, author = {Ronald Sluys and Maria Ribas and Jaume Bagu{\~n}{\`a}} } @article {458, title = {Freshwater triclads (Turbellaria) of North America. XVI: More on subterranean species of Phagocata of the Eastern United States}, journal = {Proceedings of The Biological Society of Washington}, volume = {100}, year = {1987}, pages = {664-673}, chapter = {664}, url = {http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34571072/$\#$page/690/mode/1up}, author = {Roman Kenk} } @article {101, title = {Taxonomic redescription of Phagocata sibirica and comparison with Phagocata vivida (Tricladida, Paludicola)}, journal = {Belgian Journal of Zoology}, volume = {131}, year = {2001}, pages = {193-199}, chapter = {193}, url = {http://www.naturalsciences.be/institute/associations/rbzs_website/bjz/back/pdf/BJZ\%20131\%28s1\%29/Volume\%20131\%28s1\%29,\%20pp.\%20193-199.pdf}, author = {Ronald Sluys and Masaharu Kawakatsu and Oleg A. Timoshkin} } @article {97, title = {Chromosomes of Phagocata kawakatsui and Bdellocephala annandalei from Lake Biwa-ko in Honsh{\'u}, central Japan}, journal = {Hydrobiologia}, volume = {383}, number = {1}, year = {1998}, pages = {315-320}, chapter = {315}, abstract = {

Two lake-dwelling species of paludicolen triclads from Lake Biwa-ko (Honsh, Japan) were studied taxonomically and karyologically. (1) Phagocata kawakatsui Okugawa, 1956, is an epigean species usually inhabiting shallow springs and spring-fed streams in Central Japan. In Lake Biwa-ko, animals were obtained from several bottom stations of the littoral area in the southern part of the northern basin (3\–70 m in depth). Chromosome numbers and karyotype: 2x=24 (2m+2sm+2sm+2m+2sm+2m+2sm+2m+2m+2sm+2m+2m). The first pair of metacentric chromosomes is very large in size. (2) Bdellocephala annandalei Ijima et Kaburaki, 1916, an endemic species, is distributed widely in the deep areas of the northern basin (30 to over 100 m in depth). Chromosome numbers and karyotype: 2x=28 (2m+2sm+2sm+2sm+2sm+2m+2m+2m+2m+2m+2m+2m+2m+2m) with the first pair of metacentric chromosomes very long.

}, doi = {10.1023/A:1003419206539}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1003419206539}, author = {Oki, Iwashiro and Tamura, Sachiko and Machiko Nishino and Masayuki Takai and Kuznedelov, Konstantin and Timoshkin, Oleg and Masaharu Kawakatsu} } @article {342, title = {Freshwater Planarians (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Planariidae) from the Kuril Islands and Kamchatka}, journal = {Species Diversity}, volume = {14}, year = {2009}, pages = {307-322}, abstract = {

Collections of freshwater planarians made by two expeditions to the Kuril Islands and Kamchatka are described, thus providing the first comprehensive account of the occurrence of this group of animals in the Kuril Archipelago. The samples contained three species: Seidlia schmidti (Zabusov, 1916), S. elongata (Zabosova, 1929), and Phagocata sp. The new records for S. schmidti and S. elongata include asexual specimens that were identified on the basis of their eye arrangement. This study shows that freshwater planarian species that were already known to occur in Kamchatka and Japan have also colonized the Kuril Islands. Possible scenarios for dispersal into the Kuril Islands from two mainland source areas during the Last Glacial Maximum are discussed.

}, issn = {1342-1670}, url = {http://jssz.sakura.ne.jp/spdiv/v14/abs/sd140406a.pdf}, author = {Ronald Sluys and Irene Smolders and Masaharu Kawakatsu and Theodore W. Pietsch and Ryoichi B. Kuranishi} } @article {530, title = {Interspecific variability of telomeric DNA length in some Siberian and endemic Baikal planarians (Plathelminthes, Tricladida)}, journal = {Genetika}, volume = {46}, number = {9}, year = {2010}, month = {09/2010}, pages = {1237-40}, abstract = {

The length of the telomeric DNA in nine species of planarians inhabiting Lake Baikal and one Siberian species from Baikal rivers was determined using Southern hybridization. According to preliminary estimations, it varied in the range of 25-30 kb (Rimacephalus arecepta, Rimacephalus pulvinar, Sorocelis hepatizon, Sorocelis nigrofasciata, Protocotylus sp., Baikalobia guttata, Bdellocephala baikalensis, Phagocata sibirica) and 50 kb (Baikaloplana valida, Baikalobia copulatrix). It is the first estimation of the values of telomeric region lengths for Baikal free-living flat worms.

}, author = {Koroleva, A. G. and Kiril{\textquoteright}chik, S. V. and Oleg A. Timoshkin} } @article {167, title = {Freshwater planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) from the Iberian Peninsula and Greece: diversity and notes on ecology}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {2779}, year = {2011}, month = {02/2011}, pages = {1-38}, author = {Miquel Vila-Farr{\'e} and Ronald Sluys and {\'I}o Almagro and Mette Handberg-Thorsager and Rafael Romero} } @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 {523, title = {Telomeric DNA length and phylogenetic relationship of Baikal and Siberian planarians (Turbellaria, Tricladida)}, journal = {Cell and Tissue Biology}, volume = {7}, number = {4}, year = {2013}, pages = {369-374}, abstract = {

Dynamics of the telomeric DNA (tDNA) length and the phylogeny of Baikal and Siberian planarians have been studied based on analysis of 18S rDNA and \β-actin gene fragments. It was shown that there is a relationship between tDNA length and planarian size. Giant planarians, with a minor exception, have longer tDNA than do smaller planarians. Phylogenetic affinity between species that have stretched tracks of tDNA, large sizes, and similar habitats denotes the possible role of tDNA in the development of the high regenerative capacity of planarians.

}, doi = {10.1134/S1990519X13040081}, url = {http://link.springer.com/article/10.1134\%2FS1990519X13040081}, author = {Koroleva, A. G. and Evtushenko, E. V. and Timoshkin, O.A. and Vershinin, A. V. and Kirilchik, S. V.} }