Artioposthia is a genus of land planarians from the Australasian and Indo-Pacific countries. Several species have also been introduced in Europe.
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| Artioposthia glandulosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Family: | Geoplanidae |
| Tribe: | Caenoplanini |
| Genus: | Artioposthia von Graff, 1896 |
| Type species | |
| Geoplana fletcheri Dendy, 1891
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Description
editSpecies of Artioposthia are characterized by a cylindrical pharynx and ovaries placed anteriorly to the male copulatory apparatus, close to the brain or to the pharynx. The copulatory apparatus has a series of paired glandular organs called adenodactyls.[1]
Artioposthia is very similar to the closely related genus Arthurdendyus, the main difference being the position of the ovaries and the shape of the pharynx.[2]
Species
editThe genus Artioposthia includes the following species:
- Artioposthia adelaidensis (Dendy, 1892)
- Artioposthia civis Cardale, 1941
- Artioposthia diemenensis (Dendy, 1894)
- Artioposthia dovei (Steel, 1900)
- Artioposthia exulans (Dendy, 1901)
- Artioposthia fletcheri (Dendy, 1891)
- Artioposthia garveyi (Dendy, 1901)
- Artioposthia glandulosa Fyfe, 1956
- Artioposthia harrisoni Wood, 1926
- Artioposthia howesi (Dendy, 1901)
- Artioposthia japonica Kaburakki, 1922
- Artioposthia mariae (Dendy, 1895)
- Artioposthia polyadoides Fyfe, 1956
- Artioposthia subquadrangulata (Dendy, 1895)
- Artioposthia suteri (Dendy, 1897)
- Artioposthia warragulensis (Graff, 1899)
References
edit- ^ Ogren, R. E.; Kawakatsu, M. (1991). "Index to the species of the family Geoplanidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part II: Caenoplaninae and Pelmatoplaninae". Bulletin of Fujis Women's College. 29: 35–58.
- ^ Jones, H. D. (1999). "A new genus and species of terrestrial planarian (Platyhelminthes; Tricladida; Terricola) from Scotland, and an emendation of the genus Artioposthia". Journal of Natural History. 33 (3): 387–394. doi:10.1080/002229399300308. ISSN 0022-2933.
