Crenobia

Crenobia
	Crenobia alpina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Order:	Tricladida
Family:	Planariidae
Genus:	Crenobia; Kenk, 1930

Crenobia is a genus of planarians in the family Planariidae. It is endemic to Europe and Anatolia.^[1]

Description[edit]

The genus Crenobia includes planarians with an extremely thick muscle coat surrounding the genital atrium. The copulatory bursa it relatively small when compared to other genera of freshwater planarians.^[1]

Distribution[edit]

The genus Crenobia occurs in Anatolia and across most of Europe, including several islands in the Mediterranean Sea, although it seems to be absent in most of the Iberian Peninsula.^[1]

Species[edit]

The following species are currently recognized in the genus Crenobia:^[1]

Crenobia alpina (Dana, 1776)
Crenobia anophthalma (Mrázek, 1907)
Crenobia bathycola (Steinmann, 1911)
Crenobia corsica (Arndt, 1922)
Crenobia montenigrina (Mrázek, 1904)

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Sluys, Ronald (September 2022). "Biogeography and diversification of the freshwater planarian Crenobia alpina sensu lato (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida): A synthetic review". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 300: 12–26. doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2022.05.010. ISSN 0044-5231.

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[Sluys2022-1] Sluys, Ronald (September 2022). "Biogeography and diversification of the freshwater planarian Crenobia alpina sensu lato (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida): A synthetic review". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 300: 12–26. doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2022.05.010. ISSN 0044-5231.

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