Luteostriata ceciliae

Luteostriata ceciliae
Luteostriata ceciliae, head on the right
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Rhabditophora
Order: Tricladida
Suborder: Continenticola
Family: Geoplanidae
Subfamily: Geoplaninae
Genus: Luteostriata
Species: L. ceciliae
Binomial name
Luteostriata ceciliae
(Froehlich & Leal-Zanchet, 2003)
Synonyms

Notogynaphallia ceciliae Froehlich & Leal-Zanchet, 2003

Luteostriata ceciliae is a species of Brazilian land planarian in the subfamily Geoplaninae.[1]

Description

Luteostriata ceciliae is a medium to small land planarian, reaching up to 63 millimetres (2.5 in) in length when crawling. The dorsal color is light-yellow with five dark longitudinal stripes: one median, two paramedian and two lateral. The median stripe is the thinnest and darkest, being well marked and delimited. The paramedian and lateral stripes are broader, but not well marked, being formed by a series of pigment spots and somewhat discontinuous. There are isolated pigment spots between the paramedian and lateral stripes. The anterior end of the body is marked by an orange tinge. The ventral side is yellowish white.[1]

The numerous small eyes occur along the entire body, forming a single row on the body margins in the first millimetres and posteriorly spreading to the dorsum, reaching the lateral stripes.[1]

Distribution

The only known place of occurrence of L. ceciliae is the National Forest of São Francisco de Paula in southern Brazil.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Froehlich, Eudóxia Maria; Leal-Zanchet, Ana Maria (2003). "A new species of terrestrial planarian of the genus Notogynaphallia Ogren & Kawakatsu (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Terricola) from south Brazil and some comments on the genus". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 20 (4): 745–753. doi:10.1590/S0101-81752003000400030. ISSN 0101-8175.
  2. Carbayo, Fernando; Froehlich, Eudóxia Maria (2008). "Estado do conhecimento dos macroturbelários (Platyhelminthes) do Brasil". Biota Neotropica (in Portuguese) 8 (4): 177–197. doi:10.1590/S1676-06032008000400018. ISSN 1676-0603.
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