Going Dutch: Invasion pathways and current European distribution of non-native land flatworm species belonging to Geoplaninae and Bipaliinae with focus on the Netherlands

Sytske de Waart; Maarten Vanhove; Nikol Kmentová; Jean-Lou Justine

doi:10.3897/arphapreprints.e146092

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doi: 10.3897/arphapreprints.e146092

First posted 07 Jan 2025

Authors

Sytske de Waart - Corresponding author

Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands

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Maarten Vanhove

Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium

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Nikol Kmentová

Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium

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Jean-Lou Justine

Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (UMR7205 CNRS, EPHE, MNHN, UPMC), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, Paris, Brazil

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Author contributions

• Sytske de Waart collected most of the data, analyzed the data, made live photographs, prepared figures and/or tables, drafted the manuscript and coordinated the writing and approved the final draft.

• Nikol Kmentová conceptualised the study, supervised data collection and results visualisation, performed the genetic part of the study, authored or reviewed drafts of the manuscript and approved the final draft.

• Maarten Vanhove helped with conceptualisation of the manuscript, co-supervised data analyses, reviewed drafts and approved the final draft of the manuscript.

• Jean-Lou Justine collected part of the data, co-supervised data analyses, reviewed drafts and approved the final draft of the manuscript.

Conflict of interest

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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