Platydemus

Platydemus
Platydemus manokwari, head is on the right.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Turbellaria
Order: Tricladida
Family: Geoplanidae[1]
Subfamily: Rhynchodeminae
Tribe: Rhynchodemini
Genus: Platydemus
von Graff, 1896
Type species
Rhynchodemus grandis
Spencer, 1892

Platydemus is a genus of large predatory land planarians in the tribe Rhynchodemini.

Platydemus manokwari, invasive in Florida, USA

Description

The genus Platydemus is characterized by a massive, slightly convex body with a broad creeping sole and very large eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a large chamber with folded epithelium in the male atrium, usually with a small penis.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Platydemus include among others:

References

  1. Sluys, R., Kawakatsu, M., Riutort, M. & Baguñà, J. 2009: A new higher classification of planarian flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida). Journal of Natural History, 43, 1763-1777. doi:10.1080/00222930902741669
  2. Ogren, R. E. and Kawakatsu, M. (1988). Index to the species of the family Rhynchodemidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part I: Rhynchodeminae. Bulletin of Fujis Women's College. 26: 39-91.
  3. Justine, Jean-Lou; Winsor, Leigh; Gey, Delphine; Gros, Pierre; Thévenot, Jessica (2014). "The invasive New Guinea flatworm Platydemus manokwari in France, the first record for Europe: time for action is now.". PeerJ. 2: e297. doi:10.7717/peerj.297. PMC 3961122Freely accessible. PMID 24688873.
  4. Justine, Jean-Lou; Winsor, Leigh; Barrière, Patrick; Fanai, Crispus; Gey, Delphine; Han, Andrew Wee Kien; La Quay-Velázquez, Giomara; Lee, Benjamin Paul Yi-Hann; Lefevre, Jean-Marc; Meyer, Jean-Yves; Philippart, David; Robinson, David G.; Thévenot, Jessica; Tsatsia, Francis (2015). "The invasive land planarianPlatydemus manokwari(Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae): records from six new localities, including the first in the USA". PeerJ. 3: e1037. doi:10.7717/peerj.1037. ISSN 2167-8359.
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