Australoplana sanguinea
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Family: | Geoplanidae |
| Genus: | Australoplana |
| Species: | A. sanguinea
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| Binomial name | |
| Australoplana sanguinea (Moseley, 1877)
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Australoplana sanguinea also known as the Australian flatworm [1] is a species of flatworm native to Australia. It has been locally introduced to New Zealand and is considered an invasive alien pest species in the UK.[1][2][3] Two subspecies are currently recognized, A. s. alba (Jones, 1981) and A. s. sanguinea Moseley, 1877.[4]
Molecular characterisation
The mitochondrial genome of Australoplana sanguinea was described in 2025. It codes for the 12 conserved protein coding genes, 20 tRNA and two rRNA; its length is 17 505 bp, but it could not be circularized because of the lack of redundancy between its endings and the presence of repetitions.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Non-native flatworms". Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ^ "Australoplana sanguinea (Moseley, 1877)". New Zealand Organisms Register. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "Australoplana sanguinea". iNaturalist. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "Australoplana sanguinea (Moseley, 1877)". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ Gastineau, Romain; Murchie, Archie K.; Winsor, Leigh; Justine, Jean-Lou (2025). "An Irish cocktail of flatworm, earthworm and parasite DNAs: genomics of invasive land flatworms (Geoplanidae) reveal infestations by two new Mitosporidium species (Microsporidia)". Parasite. 32: 67. doi:10.1051/parasite/2025060. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 12534020. PMID 41105848.
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