# Hofstenia

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{{Short description|Genus of acoels}}
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'''''Hofstenia''''', or '''panther worms''',<ref name="Hooge-2007">{{Cite journal |last1=Hooge |first1=Matthew |last2=Wallberg |first2=Andreas |last3=Todt |first3=Christiane |last4=Maloy |first4=Aaron |last5=Jondelius |first5=Ulf |last6=Tyler |first6=Seth |date=31 July 2007 |title=A revision of the systematics of panther worms (Hofstenia spp., Acoela), with notes on color variation and genetic variation within the genus |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10750-007-0789-0 |journal=Hydrobiologia |volume=592 |issue=1 |pages=439–454 |doi=10.1007/s10750-007-0789-0 |issn=0018-8158|url-access=subscription }}</ref> is a genus of [acoel](/source/acoel)s belonging to the family [Hofsteniidae](/source/Hofsteniidae).<ref name="GBIF">{{GBIF|taxon=''Hofstenia'' Bock, 1923 |id=2499264 |access-date=12 May 2021}}</ref>

They are recognized for their ability to regenerate any missing tissue type and recover body axes following injury<ref name="Srivastava-2014">{{Cite journal |last1=Srivastava |first1=Mansi |last2=Mazza-Curll |first2=Kathleen L. |last3=van Wolfswinkel |first3=Josien C. |last4=Reddien |first4=Peter W. |date=19 May 2014 |title=Whole-Body Acoel Regeneration Is Controlled by Wnt and Bmp-Admp Signaling |url=https://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(14)00334-0 |journal=Current Biology |language=English |volume=24 |issue=10 |pages=1107–1113 |bibcode=2014CBio...24.1107S |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.042 |issn=0960-9822 |pmid=24768051 |doi-access=free}}</ref> including a functional brain during whole-body regeneration.<ref name="x407">{{cite journal |last1=Hulett |first1=Ryan E. |last2=Rivera-López |first2=Carlos |last3=Gehrke |first3=Andrew R. |last4=Gompers |first4=Annika |last5=Srivastava |first5=Mansi |date=16 July 2024 |title=A wound-induced differentiation trajectory for neurons |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |volume=121 |issue=29 |bibcode=2024PNAS..12122864H |doi=10.1073/pnas.2322864121 |issn=0027-8424 |pmc=11260127 |pmid=38976727 |doi-access=free |article-number=e2322864121}}</ref> The ''Hofstenia'' body is populated by [neoblast](/source/neoblast)-like cells,<ref name="Srivastava-2014" /> adult stem cells, which are necessary for ''Hofstenia'' regeneration, and are frequently studied in [planarian](/source/planarian)s.

Species:<ref name="GBIF" />

*''[Hofstenia arabiensis](/source/Hofstenia_arabiensis)'' {{small|Beltagi & Mandura, 1991}}
*''[Hofstenia atroviridis](/source/Hofstenia_atroviridis)'' {{small|Bock, 1923}}
*''[Hofstenia beltagii](/source/Hofstenia_beltagii)'' {{small|Steinböck, 1966}}
*''[Hofstenia miamia](/source/Hofstenia_miamia)'' {{small|Correa, 1960}}
*''[Hofstenia minuta](/source/Hofstenia_minuta)'' {{small|Palombi, 1928}}

==References==
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