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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaPlatyhelminthesTurbellariaTricladidaPlanariidaePhagocata

Phagocata pygmaea Kenk, 1987

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Platyhelminthes
Class Turbellaria
Order Tricladida
Family Planariidae
Genus Phagocata
Species Phagocata pygmaea Kenk, 1987

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Stygobiont
Realm
Aquatic
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic
Maximum body length
10.5 mm

Distribution

Type locality

Turtle Shell Cave, Stokes Co., NC

Range

Known from North Carolina in the Other karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

North Carolina

Counties

County-level records have not been compiled for this taxon. Distribution is recorded at state and karst-region level.

Karst regions

Other

Specimens

Type material

Holotype
USNM 102764 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Paratype
USNM 102765 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Collections holding material

InstitutionLots
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution 2

2 cataloged lots in 1 collection. Compiled from GBIF and not an exhaustive census: many collections are not yet digitised, and holdings are added continually. Search GBIF for specimen records.

Download all 2 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.

Conservation and management

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
4FQ8B
GBIF
6475734
ITIS
1041551
iNaturalist
1141403

How to cite this account

Phagocata pygmaea Kenk, 1987. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1443. https://cavebiology.org/species/phagocata-pygmaea/ (accessed 3 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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