Paraba

Paraba
Paraba multicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Rhabditophora
Order: Tricladida
Suborder: Continenticola
Family: Geoplanidae
Subfamily: Geoplaninae
Genus: Paraba
Carbayo et al., 2013
Type species
Geoplana multicolor
Graff, 1899

Paraba is a genus of land planarians from South America.

Description

Species of the genus Paraba have a slender body with nearly parallel margins while creeping. The largest specimens may reach about 8 cm in length. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent conical penis occupying the entire male cavity and the female cavity is rounded and filled with a multilayered epithelium.[1]

Etymology

Paraba means multicolored in the Tupi language and alludes to the name of the type-species, Paraba multicolor.

Species

There are 14 species assigned to the genus Paraba:

References

  1. Carbayo, F.; Álvarez-Presas, M.; Olivares, C. U. T.; Marques, F. P. L.; Froehlich, E. X. M.; Riutort, M. (2013). "Molecular phylogeny of Geoplaninae (Platyhelminthes) challenges current classification: Proposal of taxonomic actions". Zoologica Scripta. 42 (5): 508. doi:10.1111/zsc.12019.
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