Cratera imbiri
| Cratera imbiri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Family: | Geoplanidae |
| Genus: | Cratera |
| Species: | C. imbiri
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| Binomial name | |
| Cratera imbiri Araujo, Carbayo, Riutort & Álvarez-Presas, 2020
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Cratera imbiri is a species of land planarian belonging to the subfamily Geoplaninae.[1] It is known from specimens found in Campos do Jordão State Park in Brazil.[2]
Description
[edit]Cratera imbiri is a flatworm around 26–38 mm in length and 2.5 mm in width. The body has parallel margins and rounded tips. The dorsal side of the body has a sulfur yellow median stripe that's bordered on either side by a khaki grey band. The body margins are a cream color. The front of the body fades into a coral red color on both the dorsal and ventral side. The rest of the ventral side of the body is cream.[2]
Aside from its coloration and length, it is distinguished from other members of Cratera by having marginal eyes, a cylindrical pharynx with the dorsal insertion posteriorly shifted at about a fifth of the pharynx's length, a pharyngeal pouch that is very close to the prostatic vesicle, the epithelium of the penis papilla being underlain by a circular muscle fiber layer, a female atrium that is 3.2 times longer than the male and gradually narrows at its posterior, and the presence of a long common glandular ovovitelline duct.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific epithet is derived from the former name of Campos do Jordão State Park, Vila de São Matheus do Imbiri, the type locality of the species.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cratera imbiri Araujo, Carbayo, Riutort & Álvarez-Presas, 2020". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
- ^ a b c d Araujo, A. P. G.; Carbayo, F.; Riutort, M.; Álvarez-Presas, M. (2020). Five new pseudocryptic land planarian species of Cratera (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida) unveiled through integrative taxonomy. PeerJ. 8: e9726. doi:10.7717/peerj.9726
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