Bipaliinae
| Bipaliinae | |
|---|---|
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| Bipalium pennsylvanicum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Rhabditophora |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Suborder: | Continenticola |
| Family: | Geoplanidae |
| Subfamily: | Bipaliinae[1] |
| Genera | |
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Bipaliinae is a subfamily of land planarians found mainly in Southeast Asia, Australasia and Africa, although some species have been introduced worldwide.[2]
Description
The subfamily Bipaliinae is characterized by having a semilunar head with peripheral sensory pits, which gives them the common name "hammerhead worms". [3]
Genera
Species in the subfamily Bipaliinae are grouped in the following genera:[3]
- Bipalium Stimpson, 1857
- Humbertium Ogren & Sluys, 2001
- Novibipalium Kawakatsu et al., 1998
- Diversibipalium Kawakatsu et al., 2002
References
- ↑ Sluys, R.; Kawakatsu, M.; Riutort, M.; Baguñà, J. (2009). "A new higher classification of planarian flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida)". Journal of Natural History 43 (29–30): 1763–1777. doi:10.1080/00222930902741669.
- ↑ Álvarez-Presas, M.; Mateos, E.; Tudó, À.; Jones, H.; Riutort, M. (2014). "Diversity of introduced terrestrial flatworms in the Iberian Peninsula: A cautionary tale". PeerJ 2: e430. doi:10.7717/peerj.430. PMC: 4060057. PMID 24949245.
- 1 2 Winsor, L.; Johns, P. M.; Barker, G. M. (2004). Terrestrial planarians (Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria: Tricladida: Continenticola) predaceous on terrestrial gastropods. In: Barker, G. (ed.), Natural Enemies of Terrestrial Molluscs, pp. 227-278.
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