Neppia

Neppia is a genus of dugesiid triclad that is found in South America, Subantarctic region, Africa, Tasmania and New Zealand.

Until 1974 Neppia was considered a subgenus of Dugesia.

Phylogeny and taxonomy

Phylogenetic tree including five dugesiid genera after Álvarez-Presas et al., 2008:

Species

• Neppia evelinae (Marcus, 1955)
• Neppia falklandica (Westblad, 1952)
• Neppia jeanneli (Beauchamp, 1913)
• Neppia magnibursalis Sluys & Kawakatsu, 2001
• Neppia montana (Nurse, 1950)
• Neppia paeta (Marcus, 1955)
• Neppia tinga (Marcus, 1955)
• Neppia wimbimba (Marcus, 1970)

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