Liana (planarian)

Liana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Rhabditophora
Order:	Tricladida
Suborder:	Continenticola
Family:	Geoplanidae
Subfamily:	Geoplaninae
Genus:	Liana; E. M. Froehlich, 1978
Type species
	Liana guasa; E. M. Froehlich, 1978

Liana is a genus of land planarians from South America, currently comprising a single species, Liana guasa, which occurs in Chile.

Description

Liana was defined as land planarians with a broad and elongated body. The cutaneous musculature is strong dorsally and weak ventrally, where it is partially sunk into the mesenchyma. The sensory border has rare and minute sensory pits restricted to the anterior tip. The copulatory apparatus has a short and blunt penis papilla and the female canal enters the genital antrum ventrally.[1]

References

Ogren, Robert E.; Kawakatsu, Masaharu (1990). "Index to the species of the family Geoplanidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part I: Geoplaninae". The Bulletin of Fuji Women's College Series 2. 28: 79–166.

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[Ogren1990-1] Ogren, Robert E.; Kawakatsu, Masaharu (1990). "Index to the species of the family Geoplanidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part I: Geoplaninae". The Bulletin of Fuji Women's College Series 2. 28: 79–166.