A new species of freshwater flatworm (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dendrocoelidae) inhabiting a chemoautotrophic groundwater ecosystem in Romania

We report the description of a new species of freshwater flatworm of the genus Dendrocoelum inhabiting the chemoautotrophic ecosystem of Movile Cave as well as several sulfidic wells in the nearby town of Mangalia, thus representing the first planarian species fully described from this extreme bioto...

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Main Authors: Giacinta Angela Stocchino, Ronald Sluys, Mahasaru Kawakatsu, Serban Mircea Sarbu, Renata Manconi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Consortium of European Natural History Museums 2017-08-01
Series:European Journal of Taxonomy
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Online Access:http://www.europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/467