Schmidtea sp (wiki)

Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Acentrosomata
Order: Tricladida
Family: Dugesiidae
Genus: Schmidtea
Species: sp.

Date: 2020-03-14
Place: 48.875579, 14.696892 (NPR Brouskuv mlyn)
Observer: sumie-dh
Biotope: benthos, under stones
River: Stropnice
Bedrock: Loess, igneous and metamorphic rocks
Collecting method: manual - brush
Individuals found: 143
Description: Huge population density with uniformly darkly colored animals. They crawled over surface , not hidding from light. Found with two planarians of Polycelis genus.There is picture of gliding animal with visible parasites over whole body.Animals looks darkly colored at first glance but lovely dappling on dorsal side is visible. Same pattern was observed also in microscopy.

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Schmidtea sp
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