Rhynchodemini

Rhynchodemini
Rhynchodemus sylvaticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Tricladida
Family: Geoplanidae
Subfamily: Rhynchodeminae
Tribe: Rhynchodemini[1]
Genera

See text.

Rhynchodemini is a tribe of land planarians in the subfamily Rhynchodeminae.[1]

Descripition

The tribe Rhynchodemini is defined as containing land planarians with an elongate, cylindroid form, two eyes near the anterior end and strong subepithelial musculature in which the longitudinal fibers are grouped into large bundles. The copulatory apparatus lacks a penis papilla or has it greatly reduced.[2]

Genera

The tribe Rhynchodemini contains six genera:

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. Ogren, Robert E.; Kawakatsu, Masaharu (1988). "Index to the species of the family Rhynchodemidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part I: Rhynchodeminae". Bulletin of Fujis Women's College 26: 39–91.
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