Diporodemus is a genus of land planarians found in the Americas.[1]
| Diporodemus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Family: | Geoplanidae |
| Subfamily: | Microplaninae |
| Genus: | Diporodemus Hyman, 1938 |
| Type species | |
| Diporodemus yucatani Hyman, 1938
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Description edit
The genus Diporodemus is characterized by the copulatory apparatus having a large seminal bursa (or bursa copulatrix) connected to the vagina by a canal, called Beauchamp's canal. This bursa also opens to the exterior by a canal and a pore situated behind the common gonopore.[2]
Species edit
Currently, there are 5 species assigned to the genus Diporodemus:
- Diporodemus hymanae E. M. Froehlich & Froehlich, 1972
- Diporodemus indigenus Hyman, 1943
- Diporodemus merridithae Glasgow, 2013[3]
- Diporodemus plenus Hyman, 1941
- Diporodemus yucatani Hyman, 1938
References edit
- ^ Ogren, Robert E.; Kawakatsu, Masaharu (1989). "Index to the species of the family Rhynchodemidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part II: Microplaninae". The Bulletin of Fuji Women's College. Series 2. 27 (11): 53–111.
- ^ Ogren, Robert E.; Kawakatsu, Masaharu (1988). "Index to the species of the family Rhynchodemidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part I: Rhynchodeminae". The Bulletin of Fuji Women's College. Series 2. 26 (2): 39–91.
- ^ Glasgow, Benny C. (2013). "A New Species of Land Planarian, Diporodemus merridithae, and Cohabitant Specimens from Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina, U.S.A". Journal of North Carolina Academy of Science. 129 (1): 1–8. doi:10.7572/2167-5880-129.1.1. ISSN 2167-5872.
