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Three new Brazilian species of the land planarian Choeradoplana (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Geoplaninae), and an emendation of the genus
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2013-08-02Registro en:
Journal of Natural History, Abingdon, v. 46, n. 19-20, supl. 1, Part 3, pp. 1153-1177, aug, 2012
0022-2933
10.1080/00222933.2012.657699
Autor
Baz, Fernando Jesús Carbayo
Froehlich, Eudoxia Maria
Institución
Resumen
Three new Brazilian species of the neotropical land planarian genus Choeradoplana (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Continenticola: Geoplaninae) are described, making a total of nine species within the genus. All the new species share unique derived characters typical of the genus. Two of the new species exhibit important features representing morphological variations that were previously unknown for the genus: the dorsal cutaneous longitudinal muscle layer, as well as the ventral one, partially sunken into the parenchyma in one species, and the common ovovitelline duct approaching the copulatory apparatus ventrally in the other. As a consequence of these morphological variations, an emendation of the genus is proposed.