Dugesia aenigma

Dugesia aenigma is a species of dugesiid triclad that inhabits freshwater bodies of Cephalonia, Greece.[1]

Dugesia aenigma
Preserved specimen of D. aenigma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Order:	Tricladida
Family:	Dugesiidae
Genus:	Dugesia
Species:	D. aenigma
Binomial name
Dugesia aenigma de Vries, 1984
Cephalonia, Greece
Synonyms
Planaria sagitta (Schmidt, 1861 (partially; Cephalonia material))

Preserved specimens are up to 8 millimetres (0.31 in) in length and 2 millimetres (0.079 in) in width.[1]

Phylogeny

The most inclusive molecular analysis of Dugesia carried out shows that D. aenigma is closely related with other Greek species, mainly with those inhabiting the Ionian Sea.[2]

Dugesia	D. aethiopica     D. sicula             D. etrusca     D. ilvana         D. gonocephala       D. benazzii     D. hepta             D. cretica           D. elegans       D. damoae     D. effusa           D. improvisa     D. ariadnae           D. arcadia       D. malickyi       D. aenigma       D. sagitta     D. parasagitta

References

1. De Vries, E. J. (1984). "On the species of the Dugesia gonocephala group (Platyhelminthes, Turbellaria, Tricladida) from Greece". Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde. 54: 101–126. doi:10.1163/26660644-05401008.
2. Solà, E.; Sluys, R.; Gritzalis, K.; Riutort, M. (2012). "Fluvial basin history in the northeastern Mediterranean region underlies dispersal and speciation patterns in the genus Dugesia (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dugesiidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66 (3): 877–888. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.11.010. PMID 23182762.