Rhynchodemus

Rhynchodemus is a genus of land planarians in the tribe Rhynchodemini.

Rhynchodemus
Rhynchodemus sylvaticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Platyhelminthes
Class:
Rhabditophora
Order:
Tricladida
Family:
Geoplanidae[1]
Subfamily:
Rhynchodeminae
Tribe:
Rhynchodemini
Genus:
Rhynchodemus

Leidy, 1851
Type species
Planaria sylvatica
Leidy, 1851

Description

The genus Rhynchodemus is characterized by an elongate body that is attenuated at both ends, oval or round in cross section. The creeping sole occupies most of the ventral surface and the anterior end has two large eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a large chamber with folded epithelium in the male atrium, without a penis papilla.[2]

Species

The genus Rhynchodemus includes the following species:

  • Rhynchodemus americanus Hyman, 1943
  • Rhynchodemus angustus (Hyman, 1941)
  • Rhynchodemus aripensis Prudhoe, 1949
  • Rhynchodemus blainvillei von Graff, 1899
  • Rhynchodemus bromelicola de Beauchamp, 1912
  • Rhynchodemus graetzi du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1953
  • Rhynchodemus hectori von Graff, 1897
  • Rhynchodemus ijimai Kaburaki, 1922
  • Rhynchodemus inopinatus (de Beauchamp, 1930)
  • Rhynchodemus marfa Marcus, 1953
  • Rhynchodemus misus du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1965
  • Rhynchodemus nematopsis (de Beauchamp, 1930)
  • Rhynchodemus oahuensis Hyman, 1939
  • Rhynchodemus ochroleucus von Graff, 1899
  • Rhynchodemus piptus Marcus, 1952
  • Rhynchodemus samperi Furhmann, 1912
  • Rhynchodemus schmardai von Graff, 1899
  • Rhynchodemus schubarti du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1955
  • Rhynchodemus scius du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1955
  • Rhynchodemus sumbawaeiensis (Hausler-Gamish, 1982)
  • Rhynchodemus sylvaticus (Leidy, 1851)
  • Rhynchodemus vejdovskyi von Graff, 1899
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References
  1. Sluys, R., Kawakatsu, M., Riutort, M. & Baguñà, J. 2009: A new higher classification of planarian flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida). Journal of Natural History, 43, 1763-1777. doi:10.1080/00222930902741669
  2. Ogren, R. E.; Kawakatsu, M. (1988). "Index to the species of the family Rhynchodemidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part I: Rhynchodeminae". Bulletin of Fujis Women's College. 26: 39–91.
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