Neppia

Neppia is a genus of dugesiid triclad that is found in South America, Subantarctic region, Africa, Tasmania and New Zealand.^[2][3]

Neppia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Order:	Tricladida
Family:	Dugesiidae
Genus:	Neppia Ball, 1974
Species
see text[1]

Until 1974 Neppia was considered a subgenus of Dugesia.^[4]

Phylogeny and taxonomy

Phylogenetic tree including five dugesiid genera after Álvarez-Presas et al., 2008:^[5]

Dugesiidae	Girardia Neppia Cura Schmidtea Dugesia

Species

• Neppia evelinae (Marcus, 1955)
• Neppia falklandica (Westblad, 1952)
• Neppia jeanneli (Beauchamp, 1913)
• Neppia magnibursalis Sluys & Kawakatsu, 2001
• Neppia montana (Nurse, 1950)
• Neppia paeta (Marcus, 1955)
• Neppia tinga (Marcus, 1955)
• Neppia wimbimba (Marcus, 1970)