Schmidtea

Schmidtea
Schmidtea mediterranea
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Tricladida
Family: Dugesiidae
Genus: Schmidtea
Ball, 1974
Species

Schmidtea is a genus of freshwater triclads. Species of the genus Schmidtea are widely used in regeneration and developmental studies.

Until 1991, Schmidtea was considered as a subgenus of Dugesia, then it was elevated to the genus rank.