Paraba franciscana

Paraba franciscana
	Paraba franciscana, head on the right
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Rhabditophora
Order:	Tricladida
Suborder:	Continenticola
Family:	Geoplanidae
Subfamily:	Geoplaninae
Genus:	Paraba
Species:	P. franciscana
Binomial name
	Paraba franciscana; (Leal-Zanchet & Carbayo, 2001)
Synonyms
	Geoplana franciscana Leal-Zanchet & Carbayo, 2001

Paraba franciscana is a species of Brazilian land planarian in the subfamily Geoplaninae.

Description

Paraba franciscana is a medium-sized land planarian with an elongate body reaching up to 80 millimetres (3.1 in) in length and 2 millimetres (0.079 in) in width while crawling. The dorsal surface has an homogeneously dark-grey to black color with a white median longitudinal stripe of about 8 to 12% of the body width. The ventral side is white to light-grey, usually with a median longitudinal light-grey stripe. The numerous eyes are distributed in a single row along the body margins in the first millimetres and posteriorly spread to the dorsum, usually occupying up to 30% of the body width on each side, but some eyes can be close to the median line.[1]

Etymology

The specific epithet franciscana makes references to the municipality of São Francisco de Paula, where the species was first found.[1]

Distribution

Paraba franciscana is known from areas covered by Araucaria moist forest in northeast Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil. It occurs in the São Francisco de Paula National Forest and in the Aparados da Serra National Park.[2]

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References

Leal-Zanchet, Ana Maria; Carbayo, Fernando (2001). "Two new species of Geoplanidae (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Terricola) of south Brazil". Journal of Zoology. 253 (4): 433–446. doi:10.1017/S0952836901000401. ISSN 0952-8369.
Carbayo, Fernando; Froehlich, Eudóxia Maria (2008). "Estado do conhecimento dos macroturbelários (Platyhelminthes) do Brasil". Biota Neotropica (in Portuguese). 8 (4): 177–197. doi:10.1590/S1676-06032008000400018. ISSN 1676-0603.

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[LZ2001-1] Leal-Zanchet, Ana Maria; Carbayo, Fernando (2001). "Two new species of Geoplanidae (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Terricola) of south Brazil". Journal of Zoology. 253 (4): 433–446. doi:10.1017/S0952836901000401. ISSN 0952-8369.

[CarbayoFroehlich2008-2] Carbayo, Fernando; Froehlich, Eudóxia Maria (2008). "Estado do conhecimento dos macroturbelários (Platyhelminthes) do Brasil". Biota Neotropica (in Portuguese). 8 (4): 177–197. doi:10.1590/S1676-06032008000400018. ISSN 1676-0603.