Biology:Pelmatoplana

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Short description: Genus of flatworms

Pelmatoplana
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Tricladida
Family: Geoplanidae
Tribe: Pelmatoplaninini
Genus: Pelmatoplana
Graff, 1896
Type species
Pelmatoplana moluccana
Graff, 1899
Synonyms
  • Permatoplana Kawakatsu & Basil, 1971

Pelmatoplana is a genus of land planarians in the tribe Pelmatoplanini.

Description

The genus Pelmatoplana includes planarians with weak cutaneous longitudinal musculature and strong parenchymal musculature forming a ring zone. The copulatory apparatus has a well-developed conical penis papilla and the female atrium lacks a seminal bursa, having only the female canal entering it. A genito-intestinal duct may be present connecting the female canal to the intestine.[1]

Species

The genus Pelmatoplana includes the following species:

  • Pelmatoplana bogoriensis Graff, 1899
  • Pelmatoplana braueri (Graff, 1899)
  • Pelmatoplana graffi Fuhrmann, 1914
  • Pelmatoplana japonica (Kaburaki, 1922)
  • Pelmatoplana maheensis (Graff, 1899)
  • Pelmatoplana moluccana Graff, 1899
  • Pelmatoplana pseudophallus de Beauchamp, 1939


References

Wikidata ☰ Q18582580 entry