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ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY
Volume 76, Issue 1, Pages 83-91Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/11250000802141683
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Platyhelminthes; Dugesiidae; planarians; distribution; chromosomes; Maghreb
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- Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Universita e della Ricerca [2004057217]
- European Program INTERREG Sardinia-Corsica-Tuscany on biodiversity
- Universita di Sassari
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Extensive surveys were made of Tunisian freshwaters, yielding freshwater planarians at only one locality in southeastern Tunisia, representing a new species. Dugesia maghrebiana sp. n. is characterized by the presence of the following features: ventral course of the ejaculatory duct, terminal opening of the ejaculatory duct, double diaphragm, symmetrical openings of the oviducts into the bursal canal, and by a typical condition of mixoploidy with a double aneuploidic chromosome complement. The taxonomic position of the new species is discussed in relation to other African and Mediterranean species.
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