Diporodemus

Diporodemus is a genus of land planarians found in the Americas.[1]

Diporodemus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Platyhelminthes
Class:
Rhabditophora
Order:
Tricladida
Suborder:
Continenticola
Family:
Geoplanidae
Subfamily:
Microplaninae
Genus:
Diporodemus

Hyman, 1938
Type species
Diporodemus yucatani
Hyman, 1938

Description

The genus Diporodemus is characterized by the copulatory apparatus having a large seminal bursa (or bursa copulatrix) connected to the vagina by a canal, called Beauchamp's canal. This bursa also opens to the exterior by a canal and a pore situated behind the common gonopore.[2]

Species

Currently, there are 5 species assigned to the genus Diporodemus:

  • Diporodemus hymanae E. M. Froehlich & Froehlich, 1972
  • Diporodemus indigenus Hyman, 1943
  • Diporodemus merridithae Glasgow, 2013[3]
  • Diporodemus plenus Hyman, 1941
  • Diporodemus yucatani Hyman, 1938
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References
  1. Ogren, Robert E.; Kawakatsu, Masaharu (1989). "Index to the species of the family Rhynchodemidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part II: Microplaninae". The Bulletin of Fuji Women's College Series 2. 27 (11): 53–111.
  2. Ogren, Robert E.; Kawakatsu, Masaharu (1988). "Index to the species of the family Rhynchodemidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part I: Rhynchodeminae". The Bulletin of Fuji Women's College Series 2. 26 (2): 39–91.
  3. Glasgow, Benny C. (2013). "A New Species of Land Planarian, Diporodemus merridithae, and Cohabitant Specimens from Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina, U.S.A". Journal of North Carolina Academy of Science. 129 (1): 1–8. doi:10.7572/2167-5880-129.1.1. ISSN 2167-5872.
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