Biology:Othelosoma hepaticarum

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Short description: Species of planarian

Othelosoma hepaticarum
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Tricladida
Family: Geoplanidae
Genus: Othelosoma
Species:
O. hepaticarum
Binomial name
Othelosoma hepaticarum
(Jameson, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Amblyplana hepaticarum Jameson, 1907
  • (Jameson, 1907) Artiocotylus hepaticarum

Othelosoma hepaticarum, the toffee flatworm, is a species of land planarian in the family Microplaninae endemic to South Africa .[1]

Description

Othelosoma hepaticarum generally is around 35–40 mm long and 3 mm wide. The dorsal side is a dark brown color, and the ventral side can vary from a light, fawn-like color to an unpigmented white. On the dorsal side there is a light brown or fawn midline; the pigment on the rest of the dorsal surface is slightly darker as it approaches the line's edge.[2][3]

Distribution and habitat

Othelosoma hepaticarum is endemic to South Africa . The type specimens were found in the Kwazulu-Natal province, in damp earth under liverworts and stones;[2] observations have additionally been made in other areas of the country such as within the Gauteng and Western Cape provinces.[4]

References

  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Othelosoma hepaticarum (Jameson, 1907)". https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=483121. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Jameson, H. L. (1907). Some Natal Land Planarians. Add. pap. Brit. and South Afr. Ass. Rep., Vol III, pp. 27-39, t. 1-3, London, 1907.
  3. H. D. Jones (2004) A new species of land planarian (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Terricola: Rhynchodemidae) from South Africa, with a list of African terrestrial planarian species. African Zoology, 39:1, 31-40, doi:10.1080/15627020.2004.11407283.
  4. "Toffee Flatworm (Othelosoma hepaticarum)" (in en). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1100465-Othelosoma-hepaticarum. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5387386 entry