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.
Etymology The genus was presumably named after Eduard Oscar Schmidt, who described two species within the genus.
Phylogeny Phylogenetic tree including five dugesiid genera after Álvarez-Presas et al., 2008:
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