Biology:Rhynchodemini
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Short description: Tribe of flatworms
Rhynchodemini | |
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Rhynchodemus sylvaticus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Order: | Tricladida |
Family: | Geoplanidae |
Subfamily: | Rhynchodeminae |
Tribe: | Rhynchodemini Heinzel, 1929[1] |
Genera | |
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Rhynchodemini is a tribe of land planarians in the subfamily Rhynchodeminae.[1]
Description
The tribe Rhynchodemini is defined as containing land planarians with an elongate, cylindroid form, two eyes near the anterior end and strong subepithelial musculature in which the longitudinal fibers are grouped into large bundles. The copulatory apparatus lacks a penis papilla or has it greatly reduced.[2]
Genera
The tribe Rhynchodemini contains six genera:
- Anisorhynchodemus Kawakatsu, Froehlich, Jones, Ogren & Sasaki, 2003
- Cotyloplana Spencer, 1892
- Digonopyla Fischer, 1926
- Dolichoplana Moseley, 1877
- Platydemus von Graff, 1896
- Rhynchodemus Leidy, 1851
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sluys, R.; Kawakatsu, M.; Riutort, M.; Baguñà, J. (2009). "A new higher classification of planarian flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida)". Journal of Natural History 43 (29–30): 1763–1777. doi:10.1080/00222930902741669.
- ↑ Ogren, Robert E.; Kawakatsu, Masaharu (1988). "Index to the species of the family Rhynchodemidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part I: Rhynchodeminae". Bulletin of Fujis Women's College 26: 39–91. http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110008426068/en.
Wikidata ☰ Q21214699 entry
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