Three dispersal routes out of Africa: A puzzling biogeographical history in freshwater planarians

• Main Authors: Sola, Eduard, Leria, Laia, Stocchino, Giacinta Angela, Bagherzadeh, Reza, Balke, Michael, Daniels, Savel R., Harrath, Abdel Halim, Khang, Tsung Fei, Krailas, Duangduen, Kumar, Biju, Li, Mei-Hui, Maghsoudlou, Abdolvahab, Matsumoto, Midori, Naser, Niamul, Oben, Benedicta, Segev, Ori, Thielicke, Matthias, Tong, Xiaoli, Zivanovic, Goran, Manconi, Renata, Baguna, Jaume, Riutort, Marta
• Format: Article
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QA Mathematics
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/42186/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Aim Freshwater planarians may have a wide geographical range despite their assumed low vagility. Found across four continents, Dugesia may have either an ancient origin on a large palaeo landmass, followed by colonisation in different regions before continental fragmentation, or a more recent origin...