Othelosoma is a genus of land planarians found in Africa and India.[1]
| Othelosoma | |
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| Othelosoma duplamaculosum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Family: | Geoplanidae |
| Subfamily: | Microplaninae |
| Genus: | Othelosoma Gray, 1869 |
| Type species | |
| Othelosoma symondsii Gray, 1869
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Description edit
The genus Othelosoma is characterized by having an elongate, rounded body, generally only two eyes and a blunt anterior end. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent penis. The bursa copulatrix is large and communicates with the genital atrium by two canals, the vaginal duct and the Beauchamp's canal.[2]
Species edit
There are 40 species assigned to the genus Othelosoma:[1]
- Othelosoma africanum (von Graff, 1899)
- Othelosoma angolense (de Beauchamp, 1951)
- Othelosoma caffrum (Jameson, 1907)
- Othelosoma chinum (Marcus, 1955)
- Othelosoma conyum (Marcus, 1953)
- Othelosoma cylindricum (de Beauchamp, 1913)
- Othelosoma duplamaculosum Sluys & Neumann, 2017[3]
- Othelosoma evelinae Marcus, 1970
- Othelosoma flavescens (Jameson, 1907)
- Othelosoma gnaum Marcus, 1955
- Othelosoma gravelyi (de Beauchamp, 1930)
- Othelosoma hepaticarum (Jameson, 1907)
- Othelosoma hirudineum (de Beauchamp, 1930)
- Othelosoma huntum Marcus, 1955
- Othelosoma impensum Sluys & Neumann, 2017[3]
- Othelosoma joburgi Jones, 2004[4]
- Othelosoma kukkal (de Beauchamp, 1930)
- Othelosoma laticlavium Sluys & Neumann, 2017[3]
- Othelosoma lineaenigrum Sluys & Neumann, 2017[3]
- Othelosoma macrothylax (de Beauchamp, 1936)
- Othelosoma marcusi de Beauchamp, 1956
- Othelosoma marlieri de Beauchamp, 1956
- Othelosoma musculosum (de Beauchamp, 1930)
- Othelosoma nigrescens (Mell, 1904)
- Othelosoma notabile (von Graff, 1899)
- Othelosoma nyanga Jones & Cumming, 2005[5]
- Othelosoma polecatum Marcus, 1953
- Othelosoma pugum Marcus, 1953
- Othelosoma retractile (de Beauchamp, 1930)
- Othelosoma rudebecki Marcus, 1955
- Othelosoma saegeri Marcus, 1955
- Othelosoma sholanum (de Beauchamp, 1930)
- Othelosoma simile Sluys & Neumann, 2017[3]
- Othelosoma speciosum (von Graff, 1896)
- Othelosoma symondsii Gray, 1869
- Othelosoma torquatum (de Beauchamp, 1930)
- Othelosoma voleum Marcus, 1953
- Othelosoma wauzen Marcus, 1955
References edit
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c d e Sluys, Ronald; Neumann, Matthias; Lima, Ricardo F. De; Drewes, Robert C. (2017). "Land flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae) of São Tomé: a first account on their diversity, with the description of five new species". Zootaxa. 4221 (3): 291–322. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4221.3.2. ISSN 1175-5334.
- ^ Jones, H. D. (2004). "A new species of land planarian (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Terricola: Rhynchodemidae) from South Africa, with a list of African terrestrial planarian species". African Zoology. 39 (1): 31–40. doi:10.1080/15627020.2004.11407283. ISSN 1562-7020.
- ^ Jones, H.D.; Cumming, M.S. (2005). "A new land planarian species of the genus Othelosoma (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Terricola: Rhynchodemidae) from the eastern highlands of Zimbabwe". African Zoology. 40 (1): 99–106. doi:10.1080/15627020.2005.11407315. ISSN 1562-7020.
