Paraba

Paraba is a genus of land planarians from South America.

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

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:

  • Paraba caapora (Froehlich, 1958)
  • Paraba cassula (E. M. Froehlich, 1955)
  • Paraba franciscana (Leal-Zanchet & Carbayo, 2001)
  • Paraba gaucha (Froehlich, 1959)
  • Paraba goettei (Schirch, 1929)
  • Paraba incognita (Riester, 1938)
  • Paraba multicolor (Graff, 1899)
  • Paraba phocaica (Marcus, 1951)
  • Paraba piriana (Almeida & Carbayo, 2012)
  • Paraba preta (Riester, 1938)
  • Paraba tingauna (Almeida & Carbayo, 2012)
  • Paraba rubidolineata (Baptista & Leal-Zanchet, 2005)
  • Paraba suva (Froehlich, 1959)
  • Paraba tapira (Froehlich, 1958)

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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