Kontikia andersoni
| Kontikia andersoni | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Family: | Geoplanidae |
| Genus: | Kontikia |
| Species: | K. andersoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Kontikia andersoni Jones, 1981[1]
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Kontikia andersoni is a species of land planarian. The species is known from the United Kingdom, and is currently invading a Sub‐Antarctic island, Macquarie Island.[2]
Molecular characterisation
The mitochondrial genome of Kontikia andersoni was studied in 2025. It could not be assembled; however, it was possible to extract both rRNA genes plus eleven of the protein coding genes.[3]
References
- ^ Jones, H. D. (1981). "A new species of land planarian from Northern Ireland (Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria)". Journal of Zoology. 193 (1): 71–79. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1981.tb01491.x. ISSN 0952-8369.
- ^ Williams, Kita M.; Waite, Samuel; Houghton, Melissa; Firn, Jennifer; Shaw, Justine (2025). "A Novel Invertebrate Predator on an Oceanic Island: Impacts and Invasion Dynamics of Kontikia andersoni on Macquarie Island". Ecology and Evolution. 15 (7) e71663. doi:10.1002/ece3.71663. ISSN 2045-7758. PMC 12209868. PMID 40599878.
- ^ Gastineau, Romain; Murchie, Archie K.; Winsor, Leigh; Justine, Jean-Lou (2025). "An Irish cocktail of flatworm, earthworm and parasite DNAs: genomics of invasive land flatworms (Geoplanidae) reveal infestations by two new Mitosporidium species (Microsporidia)". Parasite. 32: 67. doi:10.1051/parasite/2025060. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 12534020. PMID 41105848. This article incorporates text from this source, which is available under the CC BY 4.0 license.