Cura_foremanii
Cura foremanii
Species of flatworm
Cura foremanii is a species of freshwater planarian belonging to the family Dugesiidae.[1][2] It is found in freshwater habitats within North America.
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Family: | Dugesiidae |
| Genus: | Cura |
| Species: | C. foremanii |
| Binomial name | |
| Cura foremanii (Girard, 1852) | |
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The specific epithet was given in honor of Edward R. Foreman.[3]
Cura foremanii is about 7–15 millimeters in length, and has a flat, oblong, broad, thick, oval-like shape. Its head is in the shape of a broad triangle with a blunt point. It has unpigmented circular dash-like regions on the side of its auricles; but its general body color ranges from dark brown or gray to black. Its underside is pale, but retains the same hue as its backside.[3][4] It has two eyes; the eyes are a light grey or white with black pigment forming a "pupil".[5]
- Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2023). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Cura foremanii (Girard, 1852). Accessed 2023-06-24.
- "Cura foremanii (Girard, 1852)". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- Girard, C. F. (1852). Description of two new genera and two new species of Planaria. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 4: 210-213.
- Kenk, R. (1972). Freshwater planarians (Turbellaria) of North America. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.4020
- Ward, Henry Baldwin; Whipple, George Chandler (1918). Fresh-water biology. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. pp. 333–354. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.57134.
