Geoplana cananeia | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Order: | Tricladida |
Family: | Geoplanidae |
Genus: | Geoplana |
Species: | G. cananeia
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Binomial name | |
Geoplana cananeia Ana Laura Almeida, Fernando P.L.Marques & Fernando Carbayo, 2019
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Geoplana cananeia is a species of land planarian belonging to the subfamily Geoplaninae. [1] It is found in areas of the Atlantic Forest on Ilha do Cardoso within Cananéia, Brazil. [2]
Geoplana cananeia is a flatworm around 66 mm in length and 5 mm in width. The body has parallel margins; the front tip is rounded and the back tip is pointed. The dorsal side has a yellow-orange band running down the middle, which is flanked on each side by a black stripe, which merges at the back end. A white stripe borders this, which is in turn bordered by a black stripe that merges into a gray band mottled with white, which fades towards the outer margin. The margin is bordered by a thin black stripe. The ventral side is a whitish color with black margins. [2]
Along with its coloration, it can be distinguished from other members of Geoplana by a 1 mm anterior extension of the penis bulb from the penis papilla, stroma of the penis papilla that have necks of glands gathered in bundles that resemble an orange in cross-section, and a richly folded posterior-half wall of the female atrium. [2]
The specific epithet is derived from the municipality of Cananéia, where the species' type locality is located. [2]
Geoplana cananeia | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Order: | Tricladida |
Family: | Geoplanidae |
Genus: | Geoplana |
Species: | G. cananeia
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Binomial name | |
Geoplana cananeia Ana Laura Almeida, Fernando P.L.Marques & Fernando Carbayo, 2019
|
Geoplana cananeia is a species of land planarian belonging to the subfamily Geoplaninae. [1] It is found in areas of the Atlantic Forest on Ilha do Cardoso within Cananéia, Brazil. [2]
Geoplana cananeia is a flatworm around 66 mm in length and 5 mm in width. The body has parallel margins; the front tip is rounded and the back tip is pointed. The dorsal side has a yellow-orange band running down the middle, which is flanked on each side by a black stripe, which merges at the back end. A white stripe borders this, which is in turn bordered by a black stripe that merges into a gray band mottled with white, which fades towards the outer margin. The margin is bordered by a thin black stripe. The ventral side is a whitish color with black margins. [2]
Along with its coloration, it can be distinguished from other members of Geoplana by a 1 mm anterior extension of the penis bulb from the penis papilla, stroma of the penis papilla that have necks of glands gathered in bundles that resemble an orange in cross-section, and a richly folded posterior-half wall of the female atrium. [2]
The specific epithet is derived from the municipality of Cananéia, where the species' type locality is located. [2]