Newzealandia

Newzealandia is a genus of land planarians from the New Zealand.

Newzealandia
Newzealandia graffii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Platyhelminthes
Class:
Rhabditophora
Order:
Tricladida
Suborder:
Continenticola
Family:
Geoplanidae
Subfamily:
Rhynchodeminae
Tribe:
Caenoplanini
Genus:
Newzealandia

Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1991
Type species
Geoplana inaequabilis
Fyfe, 1956

Description

Species of Newzealandia are characterized by a copulatory apparatus that lacks a penis papilla and has a series of accessory glands embedded into the wall of the atrial cavity.[1] Those glands are similar to the adenodactyls found in the closely related genus Artioposthia, the main difference being that adenodactyls project into the atrial cavity.[2]

Etymology

The name Newzealandia comes from New Zealand, the country in which the species of the genus are found.

Species

The genus Newzealandia includes the following species:

  • Newzealandia agricola (Dendy, 1895)
  • Newzealandia graffii (Dendy, 1895)
  • Newzealandia inaequabilis (Fyfe, 1956)
  • Newzealandia inequalistriata (Dendy, 1895)
  • Newzealandia iris (Dendy, 1896)
  • Newzealandia moseleyi (Hutton, 1880)

References
  1. Ogren, R. E.; Kawakatsu, M. (1991). "Index to the species of the family Geoplanidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part II: Caenoplaninae and Pelmatoplaninae". Bulletin of Fujis Women's College. 29: 35–58.
  2. Jones, H. D. (1999). "A new genus and species of terrestrial planarian (Platyhelminthes; Tricladida; Terricola) from Scotland, and an emendation of the genus Artioposthia". Journal of Natural History. 33 (3): 387–394. doi:10.1080/002229399300308. ISSN 0022-2933.
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