Choeradoplana
| Choeradoplana | |
|---|---|
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| Choeradoplana iheringi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Rhabditophora |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Suborder: | Continenticola |
| Family: | Geoplanidae |
| Subfamily: | Geoplaninae |
| Genus: | Choeradoplana Graff, 1896 |
| Type species | |
| Choeradoplana iheringi Graff, 1899 | |
Choeradoplana is a genus of land planarians from South America.
Description
The genus Choeradoplana is characterized by the presence of a cephalic retractor muscle associated with cephalic glands, forming a cephalic musculo-glandular organ in a way similar to the one found in the genera Luteostriata and Issoca. The head of Choeradoplana is highly rolled backwards and the ventral area thus visible has two "cushions" formed by the musculo-glandular organ.[1] This peculiar head shape makes it easy to identify a species as belonging to this genus.
Etymology
The name Choeradoplana comes from Greek word χοιράς (scrofula) and the Latin word plana (flat) due to the two cushions on the ventral side of the head that resemble the neck swellings in patients affected by scrofula.[2]
Species
The following described species belong to the genus Choeradoplana:
- Choeradoplana albonigra (Riester, 1938)
- Choeradoplana banga Carbayo & Froehlich, 2012
- Choeradoplana benyai Lemos & Leal-Zanchet, 2014
- Choeradoplana bilix Marcus, 1951
- Choeradoplana bocaina Carbayo & Froehlich, 2012
- Choeradoplana catua Froehlich, 1954
- Choeradoplana crassiphalla Negrete & Brusa, 2012
- Choeradoplana ehrenreichi Graff, 1899
- Choeradoplana gladismarie Carbayo & Froehlich, 2012
- Choeradoplana iheringi Graff, 1899
- Choeradoplana langi (Dendy, 1894)
- Choeradoplana marthae Froehlich, 1954
- Choeradoplana minima Lemos & Leal-Zanchet, 2014
- Choeradoplana spatulata Graff, 1899
References
- ↑ Ogren, R. E. and Kawakatsu, M. (1990). Index to the species of the family Geoplanidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part I: Geoplaninae. Bulletin of Fujis Women's College. 29: 79-166.
- ↑ Graff, L. v. (1896). "Über das System und die geographische Verbreitung der Landplanarien.". Verhandlungen der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft 6: 61–75.