Microplana
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| Genus: | Microplana Vejdovsky, 1890
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| Microplana humicola Vejdovsky, 1890
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Microplana is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa.[1]
Description
The genus Microplana is characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent conical penis with a muscular bulbus projecting into a short atrium. A genito-intestinal canal or a bursa copulatrix is usually present, connecting the intestine to the female atrium.[2]
Species
Some of the species of Microplana are:
- Microplana aixandrei Vila-Farré, Mateos, Sluys & Romero, 2008
- Microplana gadesensis Vila-Farré, Mateos, Sluys & Romero, 2008
- Microplana grazalemica Vila-Farré, Mateos, Sluys & Romero, 2008
- Microplana groga Jones, Webster, Littlewood & McDonald, 2002
- Microplana humicola Vejdovsky, 1889
- Microplana hyalina Vila-Farré & Sluys, 2011
- Microplana monacensis (Heinzel, 1929)
- Microplana nana Mateos, Giribet & Carranza, 1998
- Microplana robusta Vila-Farré & Sluys, 2011
- Microplana scharffi (Graff, 1896)
- Microplana termitophaga Jones, Darlington & Newson, 1990
- Microplana terrestris (Müller, 1774)
References
- ^ Miquel Vila-Farré, Ronald Sluys, Eduardo Mateos, Hugh D. Jones and Rafael Romero, 2011. "Land planarians (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Geoplanidae) from the Iberian Peninsula: new records and description of two new species, with a discussion on ecology". Journal of Natural History, 45: 869–891.
- ^ Ogren, R. E. & Kawakatsu, M. (1988) Index to the species of the family Rhynchodemidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part I: Rhynchodeminae. Bulletin of Fuji Women's College, 26 (2): 39-91.