The discovery of new Chilean taxa revolutionizes the systematics of Geoplaninae Neotropical land planarians (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida)
Author
Almeida, Ana Laura
Author
Álvarez-Presas, Marta
Author
Carbayo, Fernando
text
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2023
2022-11-07
197
4
837
898
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac072
journal article
10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac072
0024-4082
010109AB-79F5-4E6D-909B-08BB1803E589
POLYCLADINI
ALMEIDA & CARBAYO
TRIB. NOV.
Zoobank registration:
urn: lsid: zoobank. org:act:
90FE6A73-FA83-4759-A5E7-0C7A64E4D630
Type
genus:
Polycladus
Blanchard, 1845
.
Diagnosis:
Geoplaninae with a large-sized and extraordinarily wide and flattened body. Eyes marginal. Creeping sole wide. Both transverse a subneural parenchymal muscle and a layer of longitudinal transneural parenchymal muscle present.
Polycladini
comprises only the genus
Polycladus
.
Etymology:
The name of the tribe is based on the name of its
type
genus.
Distribution:
Many localities across Chile, approximately between the latitudes 36°44′ 44°40′ and between the regions
Biobío and Aysén
(see: BarahonaSegovia
et al
., 2020).