Caenoplana is a genus of land planarians from Australia and New Zealand.

Caenoplana
Caenoplana coerulea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Tricladida
Family: Geoplanidae
Tribe: Caenoplanini
Genus: Caenoplana
Moseley, 1877
Type species
Caenoplana coerulea
Moseley, 1877
Synonyms
  • Elattodemus Haslauer-Gamisch, 1982

Description

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The genus Caenoplana is characterized by having an elongate, cylindrical to sub-cylindrical body. The eyes are arranged along the body margins, crowded irregularly at the sides of the anterior end and extending in a single row to the posterior end. The copulatory apparatus lacks a permanent penis, i. e., the penis is formed during copulation by folds in the male cavity. The female cavity is irregular and narrow and the ovovitelline ducts join each other behind it, entering it ventrally.[1]

Species

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The following species are recognised in the genus Caenoplana:


References

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  1. ^ Winsor, L. (1991). "A provisional classification of Australian terrestrial geoplanid flatworms (Tricladida: Terricola: Geoplanidae)". Victorian Naturalist. 108 (2): 42–49. BHL
  2. ^ Mateos, Eduardo; Jones, Hugh D.; Riutort, Marta; Álvarez-Presas, Marta (2020). "A new species of alien terrestrial planarian in Spain: Caenoplana decolorata". PeerJ. 8: e10013. doi:10.7717/peerj.10013. hdl:2445/194158. ISSN 2167-8359.  
  3. ^ Jones, Hugh D.; Mateos, Eduardo; Riutort, Marta; Álvarez-Presas, Marta (5 February 2020). "The identity of the invasive yellow-striped terrestrial planarian found recently in Europe: Caenoplana variegata (Fletcher & Hamilton, 1888) or Caenoplana bicolor (Graff, 1899)?". Zootaxa. 4731 (2): 193–222. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4731.2.2. eISSN 1175-5334. ISSN 1175-5326. PMID 32229814.