Camerata robusta

Camerata robusta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Tricladida
Suborder: Maricola
Family: Uteriporidae
Subfamily: Uteriporinae
Genus: Camerata
Vila-Farre, Sluys, D'Aniello, Cebria, Ferrer & Romero, 2009
Species: C. robusta
Binomial name
Camerata robusta
Vila-Farre, Sluys, D'Aniello, Cebria, Ferrer & Romero, 2009

Camerata robusta is a species of triclad flatworm found in the shores of Italy. It is the only known species in the genus Camerata. Camerata refers to the chambers present in this genus' penis. The species name robusta refers to the strong muscles present in the copulatory apparatus. [1]

References

  1. Vila-Farré, M., Sluys, R., DʼAniello, S., Cebrià, F., Ferrer, X., & Romero, R. (2009). Marine planarians (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Maricola) from the western Mediterranean Sea and the Cantabrian coast: new records, one new genus, and immunocytochemistry of the nervous system. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 90(2): 409-422.
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