Planarians are on the rise as a model system for regeneration and stem cell dynamics.
Almost in parallel the interest in planarian field biology has declined. Besides representing …

Abstract The planarian suborder Cavernicola Sluys, 1990 was originally created to house
five species of triclad flatworms with special morphological features and a surprisingly …

Population dynamics of invasive species can exhibit rapid population growth followed by
rapid decline. Populations of Potamopyrgus antipodarum, an invasive gastropod native to …

The planarian Girardia tigrina sensu lato is the most successful freshwater invasive triclad.
While Antarctica remains a continent without reports for this species, the single African …

Planarian flatworms are popular models for the study of regeneration and stem cell biology
in vivo. Technical advances and increased availability of genetic information have fueled the …

Abstract Chihuahuan Desert springs in New Mexico and Texas harbour many endemic
aquatic species. Often, these taxa share similar phenotypic characters, making it difficult to …

Girardia Ball, 1974 is the most diverse and widely distributed genus of the family Dugesiidae
(Platyhelminthes: Continenticola) in the Neotropical region. Seven out of the 52 species of …

Abstract Geoplanidae (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida) feed on soil invertebrates. Observations
of their predatory behavior in nature are scarce, and most of the information has been …

A new genus and species of the suborder Maricola, representing the first marine triclad
living in freshwater within a cave, is described. These flatworms show specialised features …

This paper presents a new species of cavernicolan planarian from the African continent,
which enabled us to determine the position of the suborder Cavernicola within the order …