identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
1A0F646BFFE30415FEFDE4D24809FBD2.text	1A0F646BFFE30415FEFDE4D24809FBD2.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Girardia clandestina Sluys & Benítez-Álvarez	<div><p>GIRARDIA CLANDESTINA SLUYS &amp;</p> <p>BENÍTEZ- ÁLVAREZ SP. NOV.</p> <p>Z o o b a n k r e g i s t r a t i o n: u r n: l s i d: zoobank. org:act: 6F75400B-1B3F-4B71-8351-5839C233019F</p> <p>Holotype: Naturalis Biodiversity Center, ZMA V.Pl. 976.4, Arroyo Sauce, near Sauce, Departamento Canelones, near Montevideo, Uruguay, 1–3 January 1987, sagittal sections on six slides.</p> <p>Etymology: The specific epithet is based on the Latin adjective clandestinus, secret, concealed, and alludes to the fact that it concerns a ‘hidden’ sibling species.</p> <p>Differential diagnosis: A species of Girardia with low triangular head with bluntly pointed tip and short, broad auricles. Dorsal body coloration variable, being of a reticulated type with darkish spots and also a pair of dark stripes, separated by a pale mid-dorsal streak or composed of a dark background interspersed with white splotches and with a pale mid-dorsal line, or variations on these two major patterns. Reproductive complex basically as in G. tigrina: the only consistent anatomical difference between the two species residing in the coat of muscles around the bursal canal. In North American G. tigrina, this coat of muscles is simple, consisting of a thin subepithelial layer of circular muscle, followed by an equally thin layer of longitudinal muscle fibres. In contrast, G. clandestina possesses a bursal canal musculature that consists of a well-developed coat of intermingled circular and longitudinal muscle fibres.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1A0F646BFFE30415FEFDE4D24809FBD2	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Benítez-Álvarez, Lisandra;Sluys, Ronald;Leal-Zanchet, Ana María;Leria, Laia;Riutort, Marta	Benítez-Álvarez, Lisandra, Sluys, Ronald, Leal-Zanchet, Ana María, Leria, Laia, Riutort, Marta (2023): First molecular phylogeny of the freshwater planarian genus Girardia (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida) unveils hidden taxonomic diversity and initiates resolution of its historical biogeography. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197 (1): 1-19, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac065, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac065
