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Spathula

{{Short description|Genus of flatworms}}

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Spathula is a genus of dugesiid triclad. Its species are found in Australia and New Zealand.

Until 1977, Spathula was ranked as a subgenus of Dugesia.{{Cite journal | last1 = Ball | first1 = I. R. | title = A monograph of genus Spathula (Platyhelminthes : Turbellaria : Tricladida) | doi = 10.1071/AJZS047 | journal = Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series | volume = 25 | issue = 47 | pages = 1 | year = 1977 }} The name of the genus derives from the Latin {{Lang|la|spathula}}, meaning "broad, flat piece".

Description

Specimens of this genus have a triangular head.Ball, I. R.: A contribution to the phylogeny and biogeography of the freshwater triclads (Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria). Biology of the Turbellaria (Edited by: Riser NW and Morse MP). New York: McGraw-Hill New York 1974, 339-401. Along with this, the genus was originally defined as planarians with "one atrium (undivided) around the penis, into which opens the bursa stalk" and numerous testes.Nurse, Frances R. 1950. [https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/imageserver/periodicals/P29pZD1UUFJTTloxOTUwLTc4LjIuOC43JmdldHBkZj10cnVl Freshwater triclads new to the fauna of New Zealand]. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 78(4): 410-417.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Spathula*Tyler S, Schilling S, Hooge M, and Bush LF (comp.) (2006-2012) Turbellarian taxonomic database. Version 1.7 [http://devbio.umesci.maine.edu/styler/turbellaria/turbella.php Database] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204120756/http://devbio.umesci.maine.edu/styler/turbellaria/turbella.php |date=2012-02-04 }}

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Category:Dugesiidae

Category:Rhabditophora genera