Biology:Geoplana paranapiacaba

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Short description: Species of flatworm

Geoplana paranapiacaba
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Tricladida
Family: Geoplanidae
Genus: Geoplana
Species:
G. paranapiacaba
Binomial name
Geoplana paranapiacaba
Ana Laura Almeida, Fernando P.L.Marques & Fernando Carbayo, 2019

Geoplana paranapiacaba is a species of land planarian belonging to the subfamily Geoplaninae.[1] It is known from specimens found in the Paranapiacaba district of Santo André, Brazil .[2]

Description

Geoplana paranapiacaba is a flatworm around 50 mm in length and 4 mm in width. The body has parallel margins; the front tip is rounded and the back tip is pointed. The dorsal side has an orange-ochre stripe running down the middle, bounded on each side by a black line; the line is bordered by a broader white line, which is in turn bordered by a black stripe, which is then bordered by a grey stripe with white mottling. A marginal thin black line borders the grey stripe. The ventral side is a whitish color with blackish margins.[2]

Aside from its coloration, it is distinguished from other members of Geoplana by the diameter of the muscular cylinder surrounding the ejaculatory duct being 0.5 times that of the duct, and a female-to-male atrium length ratio of 3.5–4.[2]

Etymology

The specific epithet is derived from the type locality of Paranapiacaba.[2]

References

  1. "Geoplana paranapiacaba Ana Laura Almeida, Fernando P.L.Marques & Fernando Carbayo, 2019" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/10431425. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Ana Laura Almeida and others, ‘Endless forms most beautiful’: taxonomic revision of the planarian Geoplana vaginuloides (Darwin, 1844) and discovery of numerous congeners (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 185, Issue 1, January 2019, Pages 1–65. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zly022

Wikidata ☰ Q120801998 entry