| Dugesia japonica | |
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| Two headed D. japonica that regenerated from a trunk fragment exposed to Praziquantel. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Suborder: | Continenticola |
| Family: | Dugesiidae |
| Genus: | Dugesia |
| Species: | D. japonica |
| Binomial name | |
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Dugesia japonica Ichikawa & Kawakatsu, 1964 |
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Dugesia japonica is a species of dugesiid triclad that inhabits the freshwater bodies of East Asia. Because it is under the genus Dugesia, it is also sometimes considered a type of planarian.
D. japonica position in relation with other Dugesia species after the work of Lázaro et al., 2009:
D. japonica