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Open Web

These are by no means the only freely available websites that include information on planaria and regeneration; however, it is a good list with which to begin!

https://www.ibiology.org/development-and-stem-cells/planarian/
Dr. Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado, an Investigator at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research in Kansas City, MO and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, explains how planaria increase or decrease their total cell number and how they can regenerate and properly incorporate specific organs.
https://nature.mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/turbellarians-planarians-free-living- flatworms

Overview of TURBELLARIANS (PLANARIANS; FREE-LIVING FLATWORMS) found in the state of Missouri from the Missouri Department of Conservation Field Guide

https://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/accumulatingglitches/unravelling_regeneration_in_planaria/
Blogged article "Unravelling How Planaria Regenerate" by Sedeer el-Showk