Schmidtea is a genus of freshwater triclads.

Species of the genus Schmidtea are widely used in regeneration and developmental studies.

[2][3] Until 1991, Schmidtea was considered as a subgenus of Dugesia, then it was elevated to the genus rank.

[5] Phylogenetic tree including five dugesiid genera after Álvarez-Presas et al., 2008:[6] Girardia Neppia Cura Schmidtea Dugesia

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