Novibipalium
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| Bipalium trifuscostriatum Kaburaki, 1922
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Novibipalium is a genus of land planarians of the subfamily Bipaliinae (hammerhead flatworms).
Description
Species of Novibipalium are very similar to those of the related genus Bipalium. The main difference occurs in the copulatory apparatus, which in Novibipalium lacks a well-developed penis papilla, while in Bipalium a penis papilla is present. Novibipalium has a set of folds in the copulatory apparatus that are everted during mating and create a temporary penis.[1]
Species
The genus Novibipalium contains the following species:
- Novibipalium alterifuscatum Kawakatsu, Ogren & Froehlich, 1998
- Novibipalium falsifuscatum Kawakatsu, Ogren & Froehlich, 1998
- Novibipalium miyukiae Kawakatsu, Sluys & Ogren, 2005[2]
- Novibipalium murayamai Kawakatsu, Sluys & Ogren, 2005[2]
- Novibipalium trifuscostriatum (Kaburaki, 1922)
- Novibipalium venosum (Kaburaki, 1922)
References
- ^ Kawakatsu, M.; Ogren, R. E.; Froehlich, E. M. (1998). "The taxonomic revision of several homonyms in the genus Bipalium, family Bipaliidae (Turbellaria, Seriata, Tricladida, Terricola)". The Bulletin of Fuji Women's College Series 2. 36: 83–93.
- ^ a b Kawakatsu, M.; Sluys, R.; Ogren, R. E. (2005). "Seven new species of land planarian from Japan and China (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Bipaliidae), with a morphological review of all Japanese bipaliids and a biogeographic overview of Far Eastern species". Belgian Journal of Zoology. 135 (1): 53–77.
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