Novibipalium

Novibipalium is a genus of land planarians of the subfamily Bipaliinae (hammerhead flatworms).

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

Type species
Bipalium trifuscostriatum
Kaburaki, 1922

Description

Species of Novibipalium are very similar to those of the related genus Bipalium. The main difference occurs in the copulatory apparatus, which in Novibipalium lacks a well-developed penis papilla, while in Bipalium a penis papilla is present. Novibipalium has a set of folds in the copulatory apparatus that are everted during mating and create a temporary penis.[1]

Species

The genus Novibipalium contains the following species:

  • Novibipalium alterifuscatum Kawakatsu, Ogren & Froehlich, 1998
  • Novibipalium falsifuscatum Kawakatsu, Ogren & Froehlich, 1998
  • Novibipalium miyukiae Kawakatsu, Sluys & Ogren, 2005[2]
  • Novibipalium murayamai Kawakatsu, Sluys & Ogren, 2005[2]
  • Novibipalium trifuscostriatum (Kaburaki, 1922)
  • Novibipalium venosum (Kaburaki, 1922)
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References
  1. Kawakatsu, M.; Ogren, R. E.; Froehlich, E. M. (1998). "The taxonomic revision of several homonyms in the genus Bipalium, family Bipaliidae (Turbellaria, Seriata, Tricladida, Terricola)". The Bulletin of Fuji Women's College Series 2. 36: 83–93.
  2. Kawakatsu, M.; Sluys, R.; Ogren, R. E. (2005). "Seven new species of land planarian from Japan and China (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Bipaliidae), with a morphological review of all Japanese bipaliids and a biogeographic overview of Far Eastern species". Belgian Journal of Zoology. 135 (1): 53–77.


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