Australoplana
Australoplana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Class: | Rhabditophora |
Order: | Tricladida |
Suborder: | Continenticola |
Family: | Geoplanidae |
Subfamily: | Rhynchodeminae |
Tribe: | Caenoplanini |
Genus: | Australoplana Winsor, 1991 |
Type species | |
Caenoplana sanguinea Moseley, 1877 |
Australoplana is a genus of land planarians from Australia and New Zealand.
Description
The genus Australoplana is characterized by having an elongate, strap-like body that is broadly convex dorsally and flat ventrally. The creeping sole occupies less than 25% of the body with. The eyes are absent or minute and arranged along the body margins in a single row from the anterior to the posterior end. The parenchymal longitudinal musculature is very weak or absent. The copulatory apparatus has an intra-antral penis papilla in some species and the ovovitelline ducts enter the female atrium ventrally.[1]
Etymology
The name Australoplana comes from Latin australis, southern + plana, flat.[1]
Species
The genus Australoplana includes the following species:
- Australoplana minor (Dendy, 1892)
- Australoplana rubicunda (Fletcher & Hamilton, 1888)
- Australoplana sanguinea (Moseley, 1877)
- Australoplana typhlops (Dendy, 1894)
References
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