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
ADINOPLANA
ALMEIDA & CARBAYO
GEN. NOV.
Zoobank registration:
urn: lsid: zoobank. org:act:
24048A1B-2872-4058-9E11-2A33A8523F16
Type
species:
Adinoplana alerna
Almeida & Carbayo
sp. nov.
Distribution:
As for that of the tribe.
Diagnosis:
Adinoplanini
with a medium-sized body, approximately
50 mm
in length. Eyes and sensory pits surround the entire cephalic region. Eyes located dorsally. Thickness of the cutaneous musculature relative to the body height 10–16%. Testes extend posteriorly to the level of the prostatic vesicle. Prostatic vesicle extrabulbar. Penis papilla cylindrical. Male and female atria long, both provided with musculoglandular organs. Common ovovitelline duct long and dorsal to the female atrium. Female genital canal projects anteriorly from the dorsal region of the female atrium.
Etymology:
Adinoplana
is derived from the Greek
adinos
, meaning crowded (regarding the numerous and varied musculoglandular organs), and the Latin
plana
, meaning
flat
(regarding the body shape). The gender is feminine.