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Foviella affinis
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Subspecies
No subspecies are recognized.
Original
description
Synonyms
Planaria affinis Oersted, 1843
Fovia affinis (Oersted,
1843)
Foviella
affinis (Oersted, 1843)
Planaria
hebes Dalyell, 1853 (unclear synonym)
Planaria littoralis Van Beneden, 1860
Planaria grisea Verrill, 1873
Fovia lapidaria Mereschkowsky, 1879 (unclear
synonym, see also Uteriporus
vulgaris)
Identification
Up to 11 mm long and 2mm wide (towards the
posterior end), but most specimens are smaller.
Dorsal color yellow or yellow-brown, ventrally
whitish. The species lacks a copulatory bursa.
Distribution
The species occurs in arctic and subarctic
regions on both sides of the Atlantic ocean. In
Germany, the species is recorded from the
Bay of Kiel (Baltic Sea).
Biology
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