Paraba | |
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Paraba multicolor | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Order: | Tricladida |
Family: | Geoplanidae |
Subfamily: | Geoplaninae |
Genus: |
Paraba Carbayo et al., 2013 |
Type species | |
Geoplana multicolor
Graff, 1899
|
Paraba is a genus of land planarians from South America.
Species of the genus Paraba have a slender body with nearly parallel margins while creeping. The largest specimens may reach about 8 cm in length. Both sides of the body are slightly convex. The pharynx is cylindrical and the prostatic vesicle is extrabulbar. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent, protrusible, conical penis occupying the entire male cavity, which is unfolded, and the female cavity is rounded and filled with a multilayered epithelium. [1]
Paraba means multicolored in the Tupi language and alludes to the name of the type-species, Paraba multicolor.
The following species are recognised in the genus Paraba:
Paraba | |
---|---|
Paraba multicolor | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Order: | Tricladida |
Family: | Geoplanidae |
Subfamily: | Geoplaninae |
Genus: |
Paraba Carbayo et al., 2013 |
Type species | |
Geoplana multicolor
Graff, 1899
|
Paraba is a genus of land planarians from South America.
Species of the genus Paraba have a slender body with nearly parallel margins while creeping. The largest specimens may reach about 8 cm in length. Both sides of the body are slightly convex. The pharynx is cylindrical and the prostatic vesicle is extrabulbar. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent, protrusible, conical penis occupying the entire male cavity, which is unfolded, and the female cavity is rounded and filled with a multilayered epithelium. [1]
Paraba means multicolored in the Tupi language and alludes to the name of the type-species, Paraba multicolor.
The following species are recognised in the genus Paraba: