Schmidtea lugubris

Schmidtea lugubris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Turbellaria
Order: Tricladida
Suborder: Continenticola
Superfamily: Geoplanoidea
Family: Dugesiidae
Genus: Schmidtea
Species: S. lugubris
Binomial name
Schmidtea lugubris
(Schmidt, 1861)
Synonyms
  • Dugesia lugubris Schmidt, 1861

Schmidtea lugubris is a species of freshwater flatworm, a dugesiid triclad that inhabits the freshwater of Europe.

Diet

S. lugubris preys mainly on oligochaetes and gastropods.[1]

References

  1. Reynoldson, T. B.; Young, J. O. (1963). "The Food of Four Species of Lake-Dwelling Triclads". Journal of Animal Ecology. 32 (2): 175–191. doi:10.2307/2533.
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