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. 2020 Feb 6;8:e8385. doi: 10.7717/peerj.8385

Table 1. Invasive land planarians found in Europe, authors of taxa and key references.

This table provides complete information about authors and taxa and combination, thus making the general text lighter. Sluys (2016) listed additional species with limited records and information: Artioposthia exulans Dendy (1901), Australoplana sanguinea (Moseley, 1877), Dolichoplana striata Moseley (1877), and Kontikia andersoni Jones (1981). This table updates a similar table published in Justine et al. (2018b). Synonyms are limited to binomials, various ‘sp.’ in GenBank not listed.

Taxon and authors Synonyms References for taxon Main references for presence in Europe
Obama nungara Carbayo, Álvarez-Presas, Jones & Riutort, 2016 Obama marmorata pro parte. Carbayo et al. (2016) Carbayo et al. (2016); Lago-Barcia et al. (2019); this article
Arthurdendyus triangulatus (Dendy, 1896) Jones, 1999 Artioposthia triangulata Dendy (1895); Jones (1999) Boag et al. (1994)
Australopacifica atrata (Steel, 1897) Geoplana atrata; Parakontikia atrata; Kontikia atrata Steel (1897) Jones (2019)
Bipalium kewense Moseley, 1878 Moseley (1878) Justine et al. (2018b)
Caenoplana bicolor (Graff, 1899) Winsor, 1991 Geoplana bicolor Von Graff (1899); Winsor (1991) Álvarez-Presas et al. (2014)
Caenoplana coerulea Moseley, 1877 Moseley (1877) Álvarez-Presas et al. (2014); Breugelmans et al. (2012)
Diversibipalium ‘black’ Justine et al. (2018b) Justine et al. (2018b)
Diversibipalium multilineatum (Makino & Shirasawa, 1983) Kubota & Kawakatsu, 2010 Bipalium multilineatum Makino & Shirasawa (1983); Kubota & Kawakatsu (2010) Justine et al. (2018b); Mazza et al. (2016)
Marionfyfea adventor Jones & Sluys, 2016 Jones & Sluys (2016) Jones & Sluys (2016)
Parakontikia ventrolineata (Dendy, 1892) Winsor, 1991 Kontikia ventrolineata Dendy (1892); Winsor (1991) Álvarez-Presas et al. (2014)
Platydemus manokwari De Beauchamp, 1963 De Beauchamp (1962) Justine et al. (2014)