Justine Jean-Lou & Winsor Leigh, February 2026 — Cats, dogs, and sticky worms: invasion by land flatworms (Geoplanidae) is facilitated by household pets. Background It is well known that the main vector of invasion by land flatworms has been the export of potted plants from their… PeerJ vol. 14, , e20713 tex.hal_id: hal-05518424 tex.hal_version: v1
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2167-8359
https://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20713
Justine Jean-Lou & Winsor Leigh, February 2026 — Les chiens et les chats transportent les vers plats envahissants de jardin à jardin. The Conversation France , , tex.hal_id: hal-05518465 tex.hal_version: v1
https://dx.doi.org/10.64628/AAK.3v49a6thv
Justine Jean-Lou & Winsor Leigh, February 2026 — Dogs and cats carry invasive land flatworms from garden to garden. The Conversation France , , tex.hal_id: hal-05518469 tex.hal_version: v1
https://dx.doi.org/10.64628/AAK.srnt3xw36
Bouguerche Chahinez, Justine Jean-Lou & Bostrom Sven, 2026 — Fler arter av invasiva landplanarier funna i Sverige. Terrestrial planarians (land flatworms) are predatory soilorganisms mainly native to tropical and subtropical regions,but some… Fauna & Flora International vol. 121, n° 2, p. 8-15
https://hal.science/hal-05690548
Van Den Neucker Tom, Soors Jan, Jacobs Arnaud, Reniers Jane, Delva Soria, Kmentová Nikol, Vanhove Maarten P.M., D’hondt Bram, Scheers Kevin, Bronne Louis, Ewers Christine, Abraham Laura, Groom Quentin, Halfmaerten David, Neyrinck Sabrina et al., 2026 — Non-native land planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Geoplanidae) in Belgium: A review and risk assessment. Multiple species of land planarians have become established outside their natural ranges. Some are considered invasive because… NeoBiota vol. 108, , p. 305-334
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1314-2488, 1619-0033
https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.108.190976
Gastineau Romain, Coulis Mathieu, Otis Christian, Boyle Brian, Lemieux Claude, Turmel Monique, Mohammadi Sima, Lévesque Roger, Herbert David, Páll-Gergely Barna, Richling Ira, Winsor Leigh & Justine Jean-Lou, January 2026 — Molecular characterisation of the invasive terrestrial nemertean Geonemertes pelaensis: long and complex mitogenome and presence of NUMTs. Scientific Reports vol. 16, n° 1, p. 3312 tex.hal_id: hal-05518437 tex.hal_version: v1
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2045-2322
https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-33230-0
Saad Chiraz Ben, Justine Jean-Lou, Jouini Jihene, Gey Delphine, Theisen Stefan, Palm Harry W. & Gargouri Lamia, 2026 — Nodular Lesions in the Pyloric Caeca of Sardinella aurita (Teleostei) Associated With the Cestode Anthobothrium sp. 1 Larvae (Platyhelminthes: Eucestoda) Off Tunisia, Mediterranean Sea. ABSTRACT Examination of round sardinella Sardinella aurita Valenciennes, 1847 (Clupeidae) from the Gulf of Tunis (Tunisia)… Journal of Fish Diseases , , e70267
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0140-7775, 1365-2761
https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfd.70267
Caña-Bozada Víctor Hugo, Mera-Loor Geormery Belén, Hernández-Mena David I., Justine Jean-Lou & Álvarez-Presas Marta, October 2025 — Evaluating topological variability in Neodermata phylogenies using mitochondrial and ribosomal gene markers. The Neodermata is a group of parasitic flatworms that includes the classes Trematoda, Cestoda, and Monogenea. Understanding the… PLOS One vol. 20, n° 10, e0333282
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1932-6203
https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0333282
Gastineau Romain, Ravelomanana Andrianjaka, Ramzy Remondah Rushdy, Koken Marcel, Soavolamanoro Suzelyce Eva, Otis Christian, Boyle Brian, Gey Delphine, Winsor Leigh & Justine Jean-Lou, May 2025 — First confirmed records with molecular data of the terrestrial flatworm Bipalium kewense Moseley, 1878 (Tricladida, Geoplanidae) in Madagascar, Egypt, and South Africa. The land flatworm Bipalium kewense Moseley, 1878 is the most widely distributed invasive species of land flatworm, being found… Check List vol. 21, n° 3, p. 557-564
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1809-127X
https://dx.doi.org/10.15560/21.3.557
Gastineau Romain, Otis Christian, Boyle Brian, Winsor Leigh & Justine Jean-Lou, 2025 — The mitogenome of the Northern Hemisphere native terrestrial flatworm Rhynchodemus sylvaticus (Leidy, 1851) (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B vol. 10, n° 7, p. 558-562
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2380-2359
https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2025.2515435
Fourcade Yoan, Gladieu Raphaëlle, Dupont Lise, Roy Virginie, Thévenot Jessica & Justine Jean-Lou, 2025 — Co-occurrence patterns of introduced terrestrial flatworms in metropolitan France revealed by citizen science. Biological Invasions vol. 27, n° 10, p. 226
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1387-3547, 1573-1464
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-025-03684-4
Gastineau Romain, Murchie Archie K., Winsor Leigh & Justine Jean-Lou, 2025 — An Irish cocktail of flatworm, earthworm and parasite DNAs: genomics of invasive land flatworms (Geoplanidae) reveal infestations by two new Mitosporidium species (Microsporidia). According to the classical Enemy Release Hypothesis, one reason for the success of invasive species is that they have escaped… Parasite vol. 32, , p. 67
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1776-1042
https://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2025060
de Waart Sytske A., Vanhove Maarten P. M., Justine Jean-Lou & Kmentová Nikol, 2025 — Going Dutch: European distribution of non-native land flatworm species belonging to Geoplaninae and Bipaliinae with focus on the Netherlands. NeoBiota vol. 99, , p. 285-321 Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
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1619-0033
https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.99.145703
Justine Jean-Lou, Gastineau Romain, Gey Delphine, Robinson David, Bertone Matthew & Winsor Leigh, September 2024 — A new species of alien land flatworm in the Southern United States. Specimens of a flat and dark brown land planarian were found in a plant nursery in North Carolina, USA in 2020. On the basis of… PeerJ vol. 12, , e17904 ISBN: 2167-8359 Type: 10.7717/peerj.17904
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2167-8359
https://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17904
Gastineau Romain, Lemieux Claude, Turmel Monique, Otis Christian, Boyle Brian, Coulis Mathieu, Gouraud Clément, Boag Brian, Murchie Archie K., Winsor Leigh & Justine Jean-Lou, 2024 — The invasive land flatworm Arthurdendyus triangulatus has repeated sequences in the mitogenome, extra-long cox2 gene and paralogous nuclear rRNA clusters. Using a combination of short- and long-reads sequencing, we were able to sequence the complete mitochondrial genome of the… Scientific Reports vol. 14, n° 1, p. 7840 Accession Number: 38570596 ISBN: 2045-2322 Type: 10.1038/s41598-024-58600-y
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2045-2322
https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-58600-y
Gastineau Romain, Murchie Archie K., Gey Delphine, Winsor Leigh & Justine Jean-Lou, 2024 — The terrestrial flatworm Microplana scharffi (Geoplanidae, Microplaninae): mitochondrial genome, phylogenetic proximity to the Bipaliinae and genes related to regeneration. Zootaxa vol. 5523, n° 2, p. 211-221
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1175-5334, 1175-5326
https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5523.2.4
Justine Jean-Lou, Gastineau Romain & Winsor Leigh, 2024 — Land flatworms (Tricladida: Geoplanidae) in France and French overseas territories: ten years of research. Zoologia (Curitiba) vol. 41, , e24004
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1984-4689, 1984-4670
https://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1984-4689.v41.e24004
Garrigue Claire, Derville Solene, Bonneville Claire, Brisset Maele, Bustamante Paco, Cleguer Christophe, Clua Eric E. G., Dabin Willy, Fiat Sylvie, Justine Jean-Lou, Machful Pauline, Mai Tepoerau, Plichon Patrice, Portal Annie, Sidobre Christine et al., 2024 — Marine mammal strandings recorded in New Caledonia, South West Pacific Ocean, 1877 to 2022. PACIFIC CONSERVATION BIOLOGY vol. 30, 1, SI, Number: PC23016 tex.eissn: 2204-4604 tex.orcid-numbers: Justine, Jean-Lou/0000-0002-7155-4540 Bustamante, Paco/0000-0003-3877-9390 Fiat, Sylvie/0000-0002-7999-5906 cleguer, christophe/0000-0002-9026-336X garrigue, claire/0000-0002-8117-3370 Derville, Sole
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1038-2097
https://dx.doi.org/10.1071/PC23016