Platydemus
| Platydemus | |
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| Platydemus manokwari, head is on the right. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Family: | Geoplanidae |
| Tribe: | Rhynchodemini |
| Genus: | Platydemus von Graff, 1896 |
| Type species | |
| Rhynchodemus grandis Spencer, 1892
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Platydemus is a genus of large predatory land planarians in the tribe Rhynchodemini.
Description
[edit]Species of the genus Platydemus are characterized by a massive, slightly convex body with a broad creeping sole and very large eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a large chamber with folded epithelium in the male atrium, usually with a small penis.[1]
Species
[edit]The genus Platydemus includes the following species:
- Platydemus bivittatus von Graff, 1899
- Platydemus fasciatus (Spencer, 1892)
- Platydemus grandis (Spencer, 1892)
- Platydemus joliveti de Beauchamp, 1972
- Platydemus lividus von Graff, 1899
- Platydemus longibulbus de Beauchamp, 1972
- Platydemus macrophthalmus von Graff, 1899
- Platydemus manokwari de Beauchamp, 1963 – "New Guinea flatworm"[2][3]
- Platydemus pindaudei de Beauchamp, 1972
- Platydemus tabatteldii Graff, 1899
- Platydemus vanheurni de Beauchamp, 1929
- Platydemus victoriae (Dendy, 1890)
- Platydemus zimmermanni de Beauchamp, 1952
References
[edit]- ^ Ogren, R. E.; Kawakatsu, M. (1988). "Index to the species of the family Rhynchodemidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part I: Rhynchodeminae". Bulletin of Fujis Women's College. 26: 39–91.
- ^ Justine, Jean-Lou; Winsor, Leigh; Gey, Delphine; Gros, Pierre; Thévenot, Jessica (2014). "The invasive New Guinea flatworm Platydemus manokwari in France, the first record for Europe: time for action is now". PeerJ. 2: e297. doi:10.7717/peerj.297. PMC 3961122. PMID 24688873.
- ^ Justine, Jean-Lou; Winsor, Leigh; Barrière, Patrick; Fanai, Crispus; Gey, Delphine; Han, Andrew Wee Kien; La Quay-Velázquez, Giomara; Lee, Benjamin Paul Yi-Hann; Lefevre, Jean-Marc; Meyer, Jean-Yves; Philippart, David; Robinson, David G.; Thévenot, Jessica; Tsatsia, Francis (2015). "The invasive land planarianPlatydemus manokwari(Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae): records from six new localities, including the first in the USA". PeerJ. 3: e1037. doi:10.7717/peerj.1037. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 4485254. PMID 26131377.
