Organisms

Planarians

Nonparasitic free-living flatworms of the class Turbellaria. The most common genera are Dugesia, formerly Planaria, which lives in water, and Bipalium, which lives on land. Geoplana occurs in South America and California.

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Abstract

Nonparasitic free-living flatworms of the class Turbellaria. The most common genera are Dugesia, formerly Planaria, which lives in water, and Bipalium, which lives on land. Geoplana occurs in South America and California.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Planarian
  • Dugesia
  • Dugesias

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Aspects Covered

19 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings anatomy & histology, chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

non-parasitic flatworms used in regeneration experiments

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History Note

91(75); was see under TURBELLARIA 1975-90

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Planarians. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010932. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010932
  2. Planarians. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planarian
  3. Planarians. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6502673