First report of the exotic blue land planarian, Caenoplana coerulea (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae), on Menorca (Balearic Islands, Spain)

Abstract. In April 2009 two specimens of a terrestrial flatworm were collected from under a rock in an orchard at Ciutadella de Menorca on the easternmost Balearic island of Menorca (Spain). Their external morphology suggested that both specimens belonged to the invasive blue planarian Caenoplana co...

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Autores principales: Breugelmans, Karin, Cardona, Josep Quintana, Artois, Tom, Jordaens, Kurt, Backeljau, Thierry
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Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3368283/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22711997
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.199.3215
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author Breugelmans, Karin
Cardona, Josep Quintana
Artois, Tom
Jordaens, Kurt
Backeljau, Thierry
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description Abstract. In April 2009 two specimens of a terrestrial flatworm were collected from under a rock in an orchard at Ciutadella de Menorca on the easternmost Balearic island of Menorca (Spain). Their external morphology suggested that both specimens belonged to the invasive blue planarian Caenoplana coerulea, a species which is native to eastern Australia. Sequence data of a fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) and of the entire 18S ribosomal RNA confirm its identification. This is one of the first records of the species in Europe where it has only been found in one locality in the United Kingdom, France and NE Spain.
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spelling pubmed-33682832012-06-18 First report of the exotic blue land planarian, Caenoplana coerulea (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae), on Menorca (Balearic Islands, Spain) Breugelmans, Karin Cardona, Josep Quintana Artois, Tom Jordaens, Kurt Backeljau, Thierry Zookeys Article Abstract. In April 2009 two specimens of a terrestrial flatworm were collected from under a rock in an orchard at Ciutadella de Menorca on the easternmost Balearic island of Menorca (Spain). Their external morphology suggested that both specimens belonged to the invasive blue planarian Caenoplana coerulea, a species which is native to eastern Australia. Sequence data of a fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) and of the entire 18S ribosomal RNA confirm its identification. This is one of the first records of the species in Europe where it has only been found in one locality in the United Kingdom, France and NE Spain. Pensoft Publishers 2012-06-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3368283/ /pubmed/22711997 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.199.3215 Text en Karin Breugelmans, Josep Quintana Cardona, Tom Artois, Kurt Jordaens, Thierry Backeljau http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0 (CC-BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title First report of the exotic blue land planarian, Caenoplana coerulea (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae), on Menorca (Balearic Islands, Spain)
title_full First report of the exotic blue land planarian, Caenoplana coerulea (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae), on Menorca (Balearic Islands, Spain)
title_fullStr First report of the exotic blue land planarian, Caenoplana coerulea (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae), on Menorca (Balearic Islands, Spain)
title_full_unstemmed First report of the exotic blue land planarian, Caenoplana coerulea (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae), on Menorca (Balearic Islands, Spain)
title_short First report of the exotic blue land planarian, Caenoplana coerulea (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae), on Menorca (Balearic Islands, Spain)
title_sort first report of the exotic blue land planarian, caenoplana coerulea (platyhelminthes, geoplanidae), on menorca (balearic islands, spain)
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3368283/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22711997
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.199.3215
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