AnAge entry for Schmidtea mediterranea
Schmidtea mediterranea is a species with negligible senescence
Classification (HAGRID: 04659)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trepaxonemata
Order: Neoophora
Family: Dugesiidae
Genus: Schmidtea
- Species
- Schmidtea mediterranea
- Common name
- Schmidtea mediterranea
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- IMR
- Not yet available
- MRDT
- No MRDT detected
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
Like most planarian flatworms, this species is potentially immortal, mostly due to their great regenerative ability. This regeneration uses pluripotent adult stem cells called neoblasts, which are constantly renewing differentiated cells and have an indefinite self-renewal, making this worm a powerful subject for ageing and cancer studies [1412].
Life history traits (averages)
- No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1412] Sahu et al. (2017), Secrets from immortal worms: What can we learn about biological ageing from the planarian model system? (PubMed)
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 1042936
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