''Bdellocephala'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of freshwater
triclad
A planarian is one of the many flatworms of the traditional class (biology), class Turbellaria. It usually describes free-living flatworms of the order Tricladida (triclads), although this common name is also used for a wide number of free-li ...
that inhabits different regions of
Eurasia
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.
[Kawakatsu, M., Sluys R., Timoshkin O. A., Naumova T. V., Nishino M., & Takai M. (2001). Redescription of Japanese Bdellocephala annandalei from Lake Biwa-ko with comparative redescription of the Far Eastern and Kamchatkan Bdellocephala species (Tricladida, Paludicola). Belgian Journal of Zoology. 131, 205-211.]
Description
As in other genera of the family Dendrocoelidae, species of ''Bdellocephala'' have an anterior adhesive organ. However, differently from other dendrocoelids, species of ''Bdellocephala'' lack a well-developed penis papilla in the male copulatory apparatus, which is uncommon in freshwater planarians.
Species
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Bdellocephala angarensis''
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Bdellocephala annandalei''
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Bdellocephala baicalensis
''Bdellocephala'' is a genus of freshwater triclad that inhabits different regions of Eurasia.Kawakatsu, M., Sluys R., Timoshkin O. A., Naumova T. V., Nishino M., & Takai M. (2001). Redescription of Japanese Bdellocephala annandalei from Lake Bi ...
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Bdellocephala bathyalis''
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Bdellocephala borealis
''Bdellocephala'' is a genus of freshwater triclad that inhabits different regions of Eurasia.Kawakatsu, M., Sluys R., Timoshkin O. A., Naumova T. V., Nishino M., & Takai M. (2001). Redescription of Japanese Bdellocephala annandalei from Lake Bi ...
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Bdellocephala brunnea
''Bdellocephala'' is a genus of freshwater triclad that inhabits different regions of Eurasia.Kawakatsu, M., Sluys R., Timoshkin O. A., Naumova T. V., Nishino M., & Takai M. (2001). Redescription of Japanese Bdellocephala annandalei from Lake Bi ...
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Bdellocephala grubiiformis
''Bdellocephala'' is a genus of freshwater triclad that inhabits different regions of Eurasia.Kawakatsu, M., Sluys R., Timoshkin O. A., Naumova T. V., Nishino M., & Takai M. (2001). Redescription of Japanese Bdellocephala annandalei from Lake Bi ...
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Bdellocephala melanocinerea
''Bdellocephala'' is a genus of freshwater triclad that inhabits different regions of Eurasia.Kawakatsu, M., Sluys R., Timoshkin O. A., Naumova T. V., Nishino M., & Takai M. (2001). Redescription of Japanese Bdellocephala annandalei from Lake Bi ...
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Bdellocephala punctata
''Bdellocephala'' is a genus of freshwater triclad that inhabits different regions of Eurasia.Kawakatsu, M., Sluys R., Timoshkin O. A., Naumova T. V., Nishino M., & Takai M. (2001). Redescription of Japanese Bdellocephala annandalei from Lake Bi ...
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Bdellocephala roseocula
''Bdellocephala'' is a genus of freshwater triclad that inhabits different regions of Eurasia.Kawakatsu, M., Sluys R., Timoshkin O. A., Naumova T. V., Nishino M., & Takai M. (2001). Redescription of Japanese Bdellocephala annandalei from Lake Bi ...
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Bdellocephala stellomaculata
''Bdellocephala'' is a genus of freshwater triclad that inhabits different regions of Eurasia.Kawakatsu, M., Sluys R., Timoshkin O. A., Naumova T. V., Nishino M., & Takai M. (2001). Redescription of Japanese Bdellocephala annandalei from Lake Bi ...
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Bdellocephala ushkaniensis
''Bdellocephala'' is a genus of freshwater triclad that inhabits different regions of Eurasia.Kawakatsu, M., Sluys R., Timoshkin O. A., Naumova T. V., Nishino M., & Takai M. (2001). Redescription of Japanese Bdellocephala annandalei from Lake Bi ...
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References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3701704
Dendrocoelidae
Taxa named by Johannes Govertus de Man