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SPECIMENS of Planaria albissima, Vejd., a Triclad Turbellarian not hitherto known to occur in Britain, have been collected in the environs of Aberystwyth, Wales. My preliminary identification was confirmed by the kindness of Mr. E. Percival, of the University, Leeds. The species was found by Vejdovsky in springbrooks in Bohemia, and Steinmann refers to it as rare; thus the occurrence in the mid-Cardiganshire area is of especial interest. In this area it is very general in distribution; I have found it in rivers and brooks of all types, and at altitudes ranging from practically sea-level to 1250 feet above. Many of the specimens are sexually mature, and asexual reproduction by transverse fission appears to be common.
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CARPENTER, K. A Planarian Species New to Britain. Nature 117, 556 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/117556b0
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