''Neppia'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

dugesiid Dugesiidae is a family of freshwater planarians distributed worldwide (except Antarctica). The type genus In biological taxonomy, the type genus (''genus typica'') is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family nam ...

triclad Planarians (triclads) are free-living flatworms of the class Turbellaria, order Tricladida, which includes hundreds of species, found in freshwater, marine, and terrestrial habitats.pp 3., "Planarians (the popular name for the group as a whole ...

that is found in South America,

Subantarctic The sub-Antarctic zone is a physiographic region in the Southern Hemisphere, located immediately north of the Antarctic region. This translates roughly to a latitude of between 46th parallel south, 46° and 60th parallel south, 60° south of t ...

region, Africa,

Tasmania Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The sta ...

and New Zealand. Until 1974 ''Neppia'' was considered a subgenus of ''

Dugesia ''Dugesia'' is a genus of freshwater planarians in the family Dugesiidae triclads and the type genus of this family. These common flatworms are found in freshwater habitats of Africa, Eurasia, and Australia. ''Dugesia'' is best known to non-spe ...

''.Ball, I. R. 1974. A new genus of freshwater triclad from Tasmania with reviews of the related genera ''Cura'' and ''Neppia'' (Turbellaria, Tricladida). Life Sci. Contr. R. Ont. Mus. No. 99:1-48.

Phylogeny and taxonomy

Phylogenetic tree including five dugesiid genera after Álvarez-Presas et al., 2008:

Species

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Neppia evelinae ''Neppia'' is a genus of dugesiid triclad that is found in South America, Subantarctic region, Africa, Tasmania and New Zealand. Until 1974 ''Neppia'' was considered a subgenus of ''Dugesia''.Ball, I. R. 1974. A new genus of freshwater triclad f ...

'' (Marcus, 1955) *''

Neppia falklandica ''Neppia'' is a genus of dugesiid triclad that is found in South America, Subantarctic region, Africa, Tasmania and New Zealand. Until 1974 ''Neppia'' was considered a subgenus of ''Dugesia''.Ball, I. R. 1974. A new genus of freshwater triclad f ...

'' (Westblad, 1952) *''

Neppia jeanneli ''Neppia'' is a genus of dugesiid triclad that is found in South America, Subantarctic region, Africa, Tasmania and New Zealand. Until 1974 ''Neppia'' was considered a subgenus of ''Dugesia''.Ball, I. R. 1974. A new genus of freshwater triclad f ...

'' (Beauchamp, 1913) *''

Neppia magnibursalis ''Neppia'' is a genus of dugesiid triclad that is found in South America, Subantarctic region, Africa, Tasmania and New Zealand. Until 1974 ''Neppia'' was considered a subgenus of ''Dugesia''.Ball, I. R. 1974. A new genus of freshwater triclad f ...

'' Sluys & Kawakatsu, 2001 *''

Neppia montana ''Neppia'' is a genus of dugesiid triclad that is found in South America, Subantarctic region, Africa, Tasmania and New Zealand. Until 1974 ''Neppia'' was considered a subgenus of ''Dugesia''.Ball, I. R. 1974. A new genus of freshwater triclad f ...

'' (Nurse, 1950) *''

Neppia paeta ''Neppia'' is a genus of dugesiid triclad that is found in South America, Subantarctic region, Africa, Tasmania and New Zealand. Until 1974 ''Neppia'' was considered a subgenus of ''Dugesia''.Ball, I. R. 1974. A new genus of freshwater triclad f ...

'' (Marcus, 1955) *''

Neppia tinga ''Neppia'' is a genus of dugesiid triclad that is found in South America, Subantarctic region, Africa, Tasmania and New Zealand. Until 1974 ''Neppia'' was considered a subgenus of ''Dugesia''.Ball, I. R. 1974. A new genus of freshwater triclad f ...

'' (Marcus, 1955) *'' Neppia wimbimba'' (Marcus, 1970)

References

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