Schmidtea

Schmidtea
Schmidtea mediterranea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Order:	Tricladida
Family:	Dugesiidae
Genus:	Schmidtea Ball, 1974
Species[1]
Schmidtea lugubris Schmidtea mediterranea Schmidtea nova Schmidtea polychroa

Schmidtea is a genus of freshwater triclads. Species of the genus Schmidtea are widely used in regeneration and developmental studies.[2][3]

Until 1991, Schmidtea was considered as a subgenus of Dugesia, then it was elevated to the genus rank.[4]

Etymology

The genus was presumably named after Eduard Oscar Schmidt, who described two species within the genus.[5]

Phylogeny

Phylogenetic tree including five dugesiid genera after Álvarez-Presas et al., 2008:[6]

Dugesiidae	Girardia Neppia Cura Schmidtea Dugesia

References

1. *Tyler S, Schilling S, Hooge M, and Bush LF (comp.) (2006-2012) Turbellarian taxonomic database. Version 1.7 Database Archived 2012-02-04 at the Wayback Machine
2. Saló, E.; Baguñà, J. (2002). "Regeneration in planarians and other worms: New findings, new tools, and new perspectives". Journal of Experimental Zoology. 292 (6): 528–539. doi:10.1002/jez.90001. PMID 12115936.
3. Reddien, P. W.; Alvarado, A. S. N. (2004). "Fundamentals of Planarian Regeneration". Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology. 20: 725–757. doi:10.1146/annurev.cellbio.20.010403.095114. PMID 15473858.
4. De Vries, E. J.; Sluys, R. (1991). "Phylogenetic relationships of the genus Dugesia (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Paludicola)". Journal of Zoology. 223 (1): 103–116. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1991.tb04752.x.
5. Riser, Nathan W.; Morse, M. Patricia, eds. (1974). Biology of the Turbellaria. Vol. Libbie H. Hyman memorial volume. New York: McGraw-Hill. pp. 377–378. ISBN 0070529477. LCCN 73013695. OCLC 698756. OL 5420434M. Retrieved 2023-06-26 – via Open Library.
6. Álvarez-Presas, M.; Baguñà, J.; Riutort, M. (2008). "Molecular phylogeny of land and freshwater planarians (Tricladida, Platyhelminthes): From freshwater to land and back". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 47 (2): 555–568. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.01.032. PMID 18359250.