Kingdom Animalia Suborder Continenticola Phylum Platyhelminthes Order Tricladida | Class Rhabditophora Family Dugesiidae Rank Genus | |
Similar Dugesiidae, Tricladida, Girardia, Recurva, Geoplanoidea | ||
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:
References
Neppia Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA