Cotyloplana
Cotyloplana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Class: | Rhabditophora |
Order: | Tricladida |
Family: | Geoplanidae[1] |
Subfamily: | Rhynchodeminae |
Tribe: | Rhynchodemini |
Genus: | Cotyloplana Spencer, 1892 |
Type species | |
Cotyloplana punctata Spencer, 1892 |
Cotyloplana is a genus of land planarians in the tribe Rhynchodemini.
Description
The genus Cotyloplana is characterized by a flat body with a wide creeping sole. There is one sucker located ventrally at the anterior end, in front of the creeping sole. The copulatory apparatus has a large spacious male atrium, with a small and obtuse penis papilla. A diverticulum opens into the common atrium from its posterior wall.[2]
Species
The genus Cotyloplana currently contains two species:
- Cotyloplana borneensis de Beauchamp, 1933
- Cotyloplana punctata Spencer, 1892
References
- ↑ Sluys, R., Kawakatsu, M., Riutort, M. & Baguñà, J. 2009: A new higher classification of planarian flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida). Journal of Natural History, 43, 1763-1777. doi:10.1080/00222930902741669
- ↑ Ogren, R. E.; Kawakatsu, M. (1988). "Index to the species of the family Rhynchodemidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part I: Rhynchodeminae". Bulletin of Fujis Women's College. 26: 39–91.
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