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THE macrostomid rhabdocoel Macrostomum tuba has its main distribution in central and southern Europe and Japan, and appears to be absent from northern Eurasia1,2. It has been found, however, in a few warmed aquaria and warmed pools in botanical gardens in the latter region for example, Stockholm, Berlin, Munich, Warsaw and Helsinki, and also in New York.
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YOUNG, J., YOUNG, B. Macrostomum tuba (Graff), 1882 (Turbellaria, Rhabdocoela), recorded in British Freshwater Aquaria. Nature 213, 1149–1150 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2131149a0
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