Rhynchodemus

Rhynchodemus
Rhynchodemus sylvaticus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Order:	Tricladida
Family:	Geoplanidae
Tribe:	Rhynchodemini
Genus:	Rhynchodemus Leidy, 1851
Type species
Planaria sylvatica Leidy, 1851

Rhynchodemus is a genus of land planarians in the tribe Rhynchodemini.

Description

Species of the genus Rhynchodemus are characterized by an elongate body that is attenuated at both ends, oval or round in cross section. The creeping sole occupies most of the ventral surface and the anterior end has two large eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a large chamber with folded epithelium in the male atrium, without a penis papilla.

Species

The genus Rhynchodemus includes the following species:

• Rhynchodemus americanus Hyman, 1943
• Rhynchodemus angustus (Hyman, 1941)
• Rhynchodemus aripensis Prudhoe, 1949
• Rhynchodemus blainvillei von Graff, 1899
• Rhynchodemus bromelicola de Beauchamp, 1912
• Rhynchodemus costaricensis de Beauchamp, 1913
• Rhynchodemus flavus Moseley, 1877
• Rhynchodemus fuscus Moseley, 1877
• Rhynchodemus graetzi du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1953
• Rhynchodemus hectori von Graff, 1897
• Rhynchodemus ijimai Kaburaki, 1922
• Rhynchodemus inopinatus (de Beauchamp, 1930)
• Rhynchodemus marfa Marcus, 1953
• Rhynchodemus misus du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1965
• Rhynchodemus nematopsis (de Beauchamp, 1930)
• Rhynchodemus oahuensis Hyman, 1939
• Rhynchodemus ochroleucus von Graff, 1899
• Rhynchodemus palnisius de Beauchamp, 1930
• Rhynchodemus piptus Marcus, 1952
• Rhynchodemus samperi Furhmann, 1912
• Rhynchodemus schmardai von Graff, 1899
• Rhynchodemus schubarti du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1955
• Rhynchodemus scius du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1955
• Rhynchodemus sumbawaeiensis (Hausler-Gamish, 1982)
• Rhynchodemus sylvaticus (Leidy, 1851)
• Rhynchodemus vejdovskyi von Graff, 1899