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. Collected in the grounds of
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on
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by WS. Found on underside of wall stones round a banana patch. Killed in hot water and initially preserved in 95% alcohol. A mature specimen, divided into two parts between the pharyngeal cavity and copulatory apparatus. The posterior portion containing the copulatory apparatus has been serially sectioned longitudinally (7 slides), remainder preserved. Specimen and slides deposited in the Natural History Museum, London, accession number: 2004.12.8.12.
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whole preserved specimen collected with holotype.
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further specimens collected from under stones in the grounds of
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on
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by Olivier Gouvernon. One, a partially mature specimen is partially sectioned. Portions with copulatory apparatus (7 slides) and pharynx (9 slides) serially sectioned longitudinally. Small portion anterior to the pharynx sectioned transversely (2 slides). Remaining anterior portion preserved. Specimen and slides deposited in the Natural History Museum, London, accession number: 2004.12.8.1315
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.
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Grounds of Government House,
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.
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<emphasis id="49B4EAE02266971AFED55C71FE14843B" bold="true" box="[312,456,1633,1659]" pageId="7" pageNumber="38">Etymology:</emphasis>
After Olivier Gouvernon, who found the first specimens.
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The first specimens of this species were found in
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wide and flattened. The body is widest at the level of the pharynx. The anterior third tapers towards the anterior end, and the posterior end is rounded. The dorsal ground color is dark brown with a narrow, mid­dorsal, lighter brown line which broadens a little over the pharynx and the copulatory apparatus. There are fine, irregular, black mark­ ings, more in the anterior third so that the anterior is almost black. There are larger black spots irregularly arranged in two lateral rows from near the anterior end to the level of the pharynx (
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). These mark the positions of the dorsal testes. The ventral surface is uniformly light grey.
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Dimensions of the preserved specimens are given in
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. The mouth is positioned on average 66% along the body, and the gonopore 80% along the body.Eyes are uniserial round the anterior tip, becoming multiserial in the translucent margin about
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behind the anterior end (
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). They then spread dorsally, each surrounded by a small halo lacking the ground color pigment (
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). The zone of halo eyes diminishes at about the level of the most anterior black marks indicating the dorsal testes. Further posteriorly eyes are restricted to a narrow translucent margin. Anteriorly, there is a sensory margin just below the row of eyes. The creeping sole occupies the entire ventral surface which is somewhat concave in preserved specimens. Transverse sections (of the sectioned
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wide (
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). Dorsally and laterally the epithelium is about
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thick, columnar and contains very numerous elongate rhabdites. Nuclei are basal. Dorsal subcutaneous musculature is thinner (about
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) than the overlying epithelium and illdefined so that circular and longitudinal fibres are not discernable. Ventrally, the epithelium is about
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thick, has rhabdites about
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long near the surface and is densely ciliated, the cilia are about
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long. Ventral sub­cutaneous musculature is about
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thick and is again ill­defined, though longitudinal muscles appear to be in small bundles. Thus CMI is about 7% (this in a flattened species). In the sectioned
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, the ventral musculature and epithelium are separated from the rest of the tissues. The ventral nerve plate extends across the body ventrally, but is not enlarged into ventral paired nerve cords. It is presumed that the ovaries are a single pair anteriorly, as in most terrestrial planarians (confirmation would require sectioning of the anterior portion). The pharynx (
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) is of the “glockenförmig” (bell­shaped) type (see
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;
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Winsor
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. 1998
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). The ovovitelline ducts are not discernible in transverse sections of the sectioned
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(not fully mature). In the
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longitudinal sections they are fully developed and lie above and lateral to the ventral nerve plate. They pass posterior to the gonopore, turn dorsally and fuse to form a short vagina which in turn opens into the posterior common antrum (
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,
<figureCitation id="E3FB2A7722699715FED85FDCFE8987A6" box="[309,341,1484,1510]" captionStart="FIGURES 1619" captionStartId="10.[264,382,1744,1768]" captionTargetBox="[491,1097,284,1723]" captionTargetId="figure-84@10.[499,1097,983,1325]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURES 1619. Gigantea gouvernoni n. sp. Micrographs of longitudinal sections through the copulatory apparatus (cf. Fig. 14). Sections are about 1 mm high. 16. Through the expanded sperm ducts on one side. 17. Through the straight part of the ejaculatory duct of the penis and the gonopore. 18. Through the vagina and the gonopore. 19. Through the convoluted part of the ejaculatory duct." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5048568" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5048568/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="39">18</figureCitation>
). Testes are dorsal and overlain by a small patch of dark pigment, clearly visible in transverse sections (
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). Sperm ducts are not visible in the
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transverse sections. In the
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, the sperm ducts expand posterior to the pharynx and widen to form convoluted sperm storage ducts (
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,
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). These turn anteriorly and dorsally to fuse and discharge into a convoluted ejaculatory duct (
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,
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). This straightens and discharges vertically through the blunt penis (
<figureCitation id="E3FB2A7722699715FCE65C84FCB584EE" box="[779,873,1684,1710]" captionStart="FIGURES 915" captionStartId="9.[264,382,1612,1636]" captionTargetBox="[293,1274,289,1599]" captionTargetId="figure-153@9.[730,1283,844,1209]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURES 915. Gigantea gouvernoni n. sp. 9. Whole preserved worm, anterior to the right. Scale line 1cm. 10. Dorsal­right view of the anterior end showing the arrangement of eyes (ground color pigmentation not shown). Scale line 1 mm. 11. Arrangement of eyes at the level of the most anterior testes, dorsal­right view. Scale line 1 mm. 12. Paratype (not fully mature): transverse section. The ventral epidermis and sub­cutaneous muscle has partially separated from the rest of the tissue. Scale line 1 mm. 13. Paratype: longitudinal section through the pharynx. Scale line 1 mm. 14. Holotype: longitudinal reconstruction of the copulatory apparatus (cf. Fig. 1619). Anterior to the left. Scale line 1 mm. 15. Paratype (not fully mature): Longitudinal section though the copulatory apparatus. Scale line 1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5048566" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5048566/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="39">Figs 14</figureCitation>
,
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). The musculature of the penis is relatively loose and similar to the rest of the copulatory bulb. Muscular layers are not clearly defined within the copulatory bulb. The penis of the sectioned
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is conical and partly protruded through the gonopore (
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).
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<emphasis id="49B4EAE022689714FEE55C5CFE1D8424" bold="true" box="[264,449,1612,1636]" pageId="9" pageNumber="40">FIGURES 915.</emphasis>
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Whole preserved worm, anterior to the right. Scale line 1cm.
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Dorsal­right view of the anterior end showing the arrangement of eyes (ground color pigmentation not shown). Scale line 1 mm.
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Arrangement of eyes at the level of the most anterior testes, dorsal­right view. Scale line 1 mm.
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Paratype (not fully mature): transverse section. The ventral epidermis and sub­cutaneous muscle has partially separated from the rest of the tissue. Scale line 1 mm.
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Paratype: longitudinal section through the pharynx. Scale line 1 mm.
<emphasis id="49B4EAE022689714FB7A5CFCFB648544" bold="true" box="[1175,1208,1772,1796]" pageId="9" pageNumber="40">14.</emphasis>
Holotype: longitudinal reconstruction of the copulatory apparatus (cf. Fig. 1619). Anterior to the left. Scale line 1 mm.
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Paratype (not fully mature): Longitudinal section though the copulatory apparatus. Scale line 1 mm.
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<emphasis id="49B4EAE0226B9717FEE55CC0FE0D84A8" bold="true" box="[264,465,1744,1768]" pageId="10" pageNumber="41">FIGURES 1619.</emphasis>
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Micrographs of longitudinal sections through the copulatory apparatus (cf. Fig. 14). Sections are about 1 mm high.
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Through the expanded sperm ducts on one side.
<emphasis id="49B4EAE0226B9717FE3D5D00FE2E8568" bold="true" box="[464,498,1808,1832]" pageId="10" pageNumber="41">17.</emphasis>
Through the straight part of the ejaculatory duct of the penis and the gonopore.
<emphasis id="49B4EAE0226B9717FED45D20FE868508" bold="true" box="[313,346,1840,1864]" pageId="10" pageNumber="41">18.</emphasis>
Through the vagina and the gonopore.
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Through the convoluted part of the ejaculatory duct.
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<emphasis id="49B4EAE0226A9716FE6C5B0CFDBF8373" box="[385,611,284,307]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">Gigantea gouvernoni</emphasis>
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Dimensions of preserved specimens (mm). % where given is
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<paragraph id="7B7F36F2226A9716FEE55B53FE57831B" blockId="11.[264,1323,283,347]" box="[264,395,321,347]" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">% of length.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="7B7F36F2226A9716FDEE5B92FB63803C" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">
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<th id="86215DCC226A68E2FDEE5B92FD9283D9" box="[515,590,386,409]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">Length</th>
<th id="86215DCC226A68E2FD665B92FD1083D9" box="[651,716,386,409]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">Width</th>
<th id="86215DCC226A68E2FCF45B92FC1C83D9" box="[793,960,386,409]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">Anterior­mouth</th>
<th id="86215DCC226A68E2FBC75B92FB2D83D9" box="[1066,1265,386,409]" gridcol="4" gridrow="0" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">Anterior­gonopore</th>
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<th id="86215DCC226A68E2FE8F5BBFFE038386" box="[354,479,431,454]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">Holotype</th>
<td id="86215DCC226A68E2FDEE5BBFFD928386" box="[515,590,431,454]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">16</td>
<td id="86215DCC226A68E2FD665BBFFD108386" box="[651,716,431,454]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">4</td>
<td id="86215DCC226A68E2FCF45BBFFC1C8386" box="[793,960,431,454]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">10 (62.5%)</td>
<td id="86215DCC226A68E2FBC75BBFFB2D8386" box="[1066,1265,431,454]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">13 (81%)</td>
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<tr id="C5F034B0226A68E2FE8F5BCDFB2D83B4" box="[354,1265,477,500]" gridrow="2" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">
<th id="86215DCC226A68E2FE8F5BCDFE0383B4" box="[354,479,477,500]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">Paratype 1</th>
<td id="86215DCC226A68E2FDEE5BCDFD9283B4" box="[515,590,477,500]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">30</td>
<td id="86215DCC226A68E2FD665BCDFD1083B4" box="[651,716,477,500]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">4</td>
<td id="86215DCC226A68E2FCF45BCDFC1C83B4" box="[793,960,477,500]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">21 (70%)</td>
<td id="86215DCC226A68E2FBC75BCDFB2D83B4" box="[1066,1265,477,500]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">25 (83%)</td>
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<th id="86215DCC226A68E2FE8F581AFE038061" box="[354,479,522,545]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">Specimen 3</th>
<td id="86215DCC226A68E2FDEE581AFD928061" box="[515,590,522,545]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">11</td>
<td id="86215DCC226A68E2FD66581AFD108061" box="[651,716,522,545]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">2.5</td>
<td id="86215DCC226A68E2FCF4581AFC1C8061" box="[793,960,522,545]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">8 (73%)</td>
<td id="86215DCC226A68E2FBC7581AFB2D8061" box="[1066,1265,522,545]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">­</td>
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<th id="86215DCC226A68E2FE8F5828FE03800F" box="[354,479,568,591]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">Specimen 4</th>
<td id="86215DCC226A68E2FDEE5828FD92800F" box="[515,590,568,591]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">13</td>
<td id="86215DCC226A68E2FD665828FD10800F" box="[651,716,568,591]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">3.5</td>
<td id="86215DCC226A68E2FCF45828FC1C800F" box="[793,960,568,591]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">7.5 (58%)</td>
<td id="86215DCC226A68E2FBC75828FB2D800F" box="[1066,1265,568,591]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">10 (77%)</td>
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<tr id="C5F034B0226A68E2FE8F5875FB2D803C" box="[354,1265,613,636]" gridrow="5" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">
<th id="86215DCC226A68E2FE8F5875FE03803C" box="[354,479,613,636]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">Specimen 5</th>
<td id="86215DCC226A68E2FDEE5875FD92803C" box="[515,590,613,636]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">28</td>
<td id="86215DCC226A68E2FD665875FD10803C" box="[651,716,613,636]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">4</td>
<td id="86215DCC226A68E2FCF45875FC1C803C" box="[793,960,613,636]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">19 (68%)</td>
<td id="86215DCC226A68E2FBC75875FB2D803C" box="[1066,1265,613,636]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">23 (82%)</td>
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</paragraph>
<subSubSection id="33DA6579226A9711FED558A7FC9C8066" lastPageId="12" lastPageNumber="43" pageId="11" pageNumber="42" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="7B7F36F2226A9716FED558A7FB8384A2" blockId="11.[264,1323,695,1882]" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">
<emphasis id="49B4EAE0226A9716FED558A7FE198091" bold="true" box="[312,453,695,721]" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">Discussion:</emphasis>
Since details of the copulatory apparatus are known,
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<emphasis id="49B4EAE0226A9716FB8A58A8FAF68091" box="[1127,1322,696,721]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">Pseudogeoplana</emphasis>
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(a collective genus for species with insufficient details of internal anatomy) is again inappropriate, though the present species does not match the description of any of the species listed in
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<emphasis id="49B4EAE0226A9716FD4C5920FCB88109" box="[673,868,816,841]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">Pseudogeoplana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Clearly the present specimens have a broad body, and comparison with descriptions of other species suggests that the penis has a blunt papilla with no glandular ridges and that the female canal enters horizontally (or ventrally, depending on interpretation, but certainly not dorsally). The generic key in
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leads to either
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<emphasis id="49B4EAE0226A9716FD7C59C0FD2281A9" box="[657,766,976,1001]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">Gigantea</emphasis>
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or
<emphasis id="49B4EAE0226A9716FBB359C0FB7E81A9" box="[1118,1186,976,1001]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">Liana</emphasis>
E.M.
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. The original definition of
<emphasis id="49B4EAE0226A9716FD2959E8FCD48651" box="[708,776,1016,1041]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">Liana</emphasis>
by
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reads: “
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with elongated body and broad creeping sole of more than half the body width. Longitudinal cutaneous musculature strong dorsally and weak ventrally, where it has a portion sunk into the parenchyma, internally to the cutaneous nerve net. Sensory border, ventro­lateral in position, with rare minute sensory pits, restricted to the anterior tip. Testes dorsal. Adhesive glandulo­muscular organs absent. Copulatory apparatus without adenodactyls.”
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add: “penis papilla short and blunt; female canal approaches from horizontal or ventral aspect.”
<emphasis id="49B4EAE0226A9716FD5D5F00FD288769" box="[688,756,1296,1321]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">Liana</emphasis>
contains a single species,
<emphasis id="49B4EAE0226A9716FBD85F00FB418769" box="[1077,1181,1296,1321]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">L. guasa</emphasis>
E.M.
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. This has a cylindrical pharynx and different arrangement of eyes to the
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specimens, which also have weak dorsal subcutaneous muscle.
<taxonomicName id="BCC04D71226A9716FBAC5F70FB728739" authorityName="Ogren &amp; Kawakatsu" authorityYear="1990" box="[1089,1198,1376,1401]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Geoplanidae" genus="Gigantea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tricladida" pageId="11" pageNumber="42" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="49B4EAE0226A9716FBAC5F70FB728739" box="[1089,1198,1376,1401]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">Gigantea</emphasis>
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is defined as “of large, broad body; penis papilla present, typically with glandular ridges on the penis papilla (but ridges may be absent as in
<taxonomicName id="BCC04D71226A9716FD3B5FA0FBC2878A" authority="(Hyman 1962))" authorityName="" baseAuthorityName="Hyman" baseAuthorityYear="1962" box="[726,1054,1456,1482]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Geoplanidae" genus="Gigantea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tricladida" pageId="11" pageNumber="42" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="chiriquii">
<emphasis id="49B4EAE0226A9716FD3B5FA0FC808789" box="[726,860,1456,1481]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">G. chiriquii</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="1F514B03226A9716FC815FA0FBD6878A" author="Hyman, L. H." box="[876,1034,1456,1482]" pageId="11" pageNumber="42" pagination="1 - 25" refId="ref10871" refString="Hyman, L. H. (1962) Some land planarians from Caribbean countries. American Museum Novitates, 2110, 1 - 25." type="journal article" year="1962">Hyman 1962</bibRefCitation>
))
</taxonomicName>
; female canal horizontal or approaching from below; female antrum dilated.” Localities in
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, Columbia,
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,
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and
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. The present specimens differ in some details from this (no glandular ridges, though these may be absent as above) and the female antrum does not appear dilated.
<taxonomicName id="BCC04D71226A9716FE2F5C40FD428429" authorityName="" baseAuthorityName="Hyman" baseAuthorityYear="1962" box="[450,670,1616,1641]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Geoplanidae" genus="Gigantea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tricladida" pageId="11" pageNumber="42" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="chiriquii">
<emphasis id="49B4EAE0226A9716FE2F5C40FD428429" box="[450,670,1616,1641]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">Gigantea chiriquii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(from
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) has a “ruffled” pharynx (similar to
<taxonomicName id="BCC04D71226A9716FAFF5C40FE5184D1" authorityName="Jones &amp; Sterrer" authorityYear="2005" class="Rhabditophora" family="Geoplanidae" genus="Gigantea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tricladida" pageId="11" pageNumber="42" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="gouvernoni">
<emphasis id="49B4EAE0226A9716FAFF5C40FE5184D1" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">G. gouvernoni</emphasis>
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) and a blunt, short penis but which is horizontal (
<bibRefCitation id="1F514B03226A9716FC025C68FB4C84D2" author="Hyman, L. H." box="[1007,1168,1656,1682]" pageId="11" pageNumber="42" pagination="1 - 25" refId="ref10871" refString="Hyman, L. H. (1962) Some land planarians from Caribbean countries. American Museum Novitates, 2110, 1 - 25." type="journal article" year="1962">Hyman 1962</bibRefCitation>
), rather than near vertical as in
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<emphasis id="49B4EAE0226A9716FE335CB0FD5F84F9" box="[478,643,1696,1721]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">G. gouvernoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. However, we consider
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<emphasis id="49B4EAE0226A9716FC735CB0FBD784F9" box="[926,1035,1696,1721]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">Gigantea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to be the most appropriate genus for placement of these specimens, hence
<taxonomicName id="BCC04D71226A9716FCB35CD8FB8484A1" authorityName="Jones &amp; Sterrer" authorityYear="2005" box="[862,1112,1736,1761]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Geoplanidae" genus="Gigantea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tricladida" pageId="11" pageNumber="42" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="gouvernoni">
<emphasis id="49B4EAE0226A9716FCB35CD8FB8484A1" box="[862,1112,1736,1761]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">Gigantea gouvernoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7B7F36F2226A9716FED55CE0FBA5851A" blockId="11.[264,1323,695,1882]" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">
<taxonomicName id="BCC04D71226A9716FED55CE0FDEE8549" authorityName="Jones &amp; Sterrer" authorityYear="2005" box="[312,562,1776,1801]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Geoplanidae" genus="Gigantea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tricladida" pageId="11" pageNumber="42" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="gouvernoni">
<emphasis id="49B4EAE0226A9716FED55CE0FDEE8549" box="[312,562,1776,1801]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="42">Gigantea gouvernoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has been observed by WS feeding on snails. Presumably reproduction is by copulation and subsequent production of an egg capsule, as in all other terrestrial triclads, though there may be some asexual reproduction by fission.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7B7F36F2226D9711FED55B0CFC9C8066" blockId="12.[264,1323,284,550]" pageId="12" pageNumber="43">
Since all
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originate from South or Central America (
<bibRefCitation id="1F514B03226D9711FBDF5B0CFAD98376" author="Ogren, R. E. &amp; Kawakatsu, M. &amp; Froehlich, E. M." box="[1074,1285,284,310]" pageId="12" pageNumber="43" pagination="63 - 103" refId="ref11294" refString="Ogren, R. E., Kawakatsu, M. &amp; Froehlich, E. M. (1997) Additions and corrections of the previous terrestrial planarian indices of the world (Turbellaria, Seriata, Tricladida, Terricola) Addendum IV. Geographic locus index: Bipaliidae; Rhynchodemidae (Rhynchodeminae; Microplaninae); Geoplanidae (Geoplaninae; Caenoplaninae; Pelmatoplaninae). Bulletin of Fuji Women's College, No. 35, Series II, 63 - 103." type="book chapter" year="1997">
Ogren
<emphasis id="49B4EAE0226D9711FB695B0CFB638375" box="[1156,1215,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="43">et al.</emphasis>
1997
</bibRefCitation>
), it is assumed that the
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specimens of
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<emphasis id="49B4EAE0226D9711FCE75B54FC6C831D" box="[778,944,324,349]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="43">G. gouvernoni</emphasis>
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originated in that region. E. M. Froehlich (pers. comm.), who is familiar with the land flatworms from
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, does not recognise the
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specimens (either
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<emphasis id="49B4EAE0226D9711FD165B84FC6583ED" box="[763,953,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="43">Amaga expatria</emphasis>
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or
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<emphasis id="49B4EAE0226D9711FC0E5B84FB0283ED" box="[995,1246,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="43">Gigantea gouvernoni</emphasis>
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) from photographs. However, Leal­Zanchet (pers. comm.), who is also familiar with many Brazilian species, considers that the external appearance of
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<emphasis id="49B4EAE0226D9711FC7B5BF4FBE783BD" box="[918,1083,484,509]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="43">G. gouvernoni</emphasis>
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is very similar to an undescribed species common in southern
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.
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