Platydemus
| Platydemus | |
|---|---|
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| Platydemus manokwari, head is on the right. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Turbellaria |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Family: | Geoplanidae[1] |
| Subfamily: | Rhynchodeminae |
| Tribe: | Rhynchodemini |
| Genus: | Platydemus von Graff, 1896 |
| Type species | |
| Rhynchodemus grandis Spencer, 1892 | |
Platydemus is a genus of large predatory land planarians in the tribe Rhynchodemini.
Platydemus manokwari, invasive in Florida, USA
Description
The genus Platydemus is characterized by a massive, slightly convex body with a broad creeping sole and very large eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a large chamber with folded epithelium in the male atrium, usually with a small penis.[2]
Species
Species within the genus Platydemus include among others:
- Platydemus fasciatus (Spencer, 1892)
- Platydemus grandis (Spencer, 1892)
- Platydemus manokwari de Beauchamp, 1963 – "New Guinea flatworm" [3] [4]
References
- ↑ Sluys, R., Kawakatsu, M., Riutort, M. & Baguñà, J. 2009: A new higher classification of planarian flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida). Journal of Natural History, 43, 1763-1777. doi:10.1080/00222930902741669
- ↑ Ogren, R. E. and Kawakatsu, M. (1988). Index to the species of the family Rhynchodemidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part I: Rhynchodeminae. Bulletin of Fujis Women's College. 26: 39-91.
- ↑ Justine, Jean-Lou; Winsor, Leigh; Gey, Delphine; Gros, Pierre; Thévenot, Jessica (2014). "The invasive New Guinea flatworm Platydemus manokwari in France, the first record for Europe: time for action is now.". PeerJ 2: e297. doi:10.7717/peerj.297. PMC 3961122. PMID 24688873.
- ↑ Justine, Jean-Lou; Winsor, Leigh; Barrière, Patrick; Fanai, Crispus; Gey, Delphine; Han, Andrew Wee Kien; La Quay-Velázquez, Giomara; Lee, Benjamin Paul Yi-Hann; Lefevre, Jean-Marc; Meyer, Jean-Yves; Philippart, David; Robinson, David G.; Thévenot, Jessica; Tsatsia, Francis (2015). "The invasive land planarianPlatydemus manokwari(Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae): records from six new localities, including the first in the USA". PeerJ 3: e1037. doi:10.7717/peerj.1037. ISSN 2167-8359.
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