Girardia_dorotocephala

<i>Girardia dorotocephala</i>

Girardia dorotocephala

Species of flatworm

Girardia dorotocephala is a species of dugesiid triclad native to North America.[1] It has been accidentally introduced in Japan.[2] Girardia dorotocephala is cannibalistic, which led to its usage in memory transfer experiments.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    • Tyler S, Schilling S, Hooge M, and Bush LF (comp.) (2006–2012) Turbellarian taxonomic database. Version 1.7 Database Archived 2013-11-04 at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    Sluys, R., Kawakatsu, M., Yamamoto, K. (2010). "Exotic freshwater planarians currently known from Japan". Belgian Journal of Zoology, 140 (Suppl.). p. 103–109
  3. [3]
    James, McConnell (1965). "A Manual of Psychological Experimentation on Planarians" (PDF). The Worm Runner's Digest: 5, 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-11-10. Retrieved 2021-02-07.


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