Dugesia japonica
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| phylum | Platyhelminthes | Dugesia japonica is a species of dugestiid triclad, a type of planarian, that inhabits freshwater bodies of East Asia. It has an elongated body with a triangle-shaped head. A pair of eyes can detect light. The diet is protists and invertebrates. Reproduction can be sexual or by parthenogenesis or fission. It is the subject of experiments for its regeneration capacities.
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| class | Rhabditophora | |
| order | Tricladida | |
| family | Dugesiidae | |
| genus | Dugesia | |
| species | D. japonica |
