Rhynchodemini
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| Rhynchodemini | |
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| File:Rhynchodemus sylvaticus.jpg | |
| Rhynchodemus sylvaticus | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Family: | Geoplanidae |
| Subfamily: | Rhynchodeminae |
| Tribe: | Rhynchodemini Heinzel, 1929[1] |
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Rhynchodemini is a tribe of land planarians in the subfamily Rhynchodeminae.[1]
Description
[edit | edit source]The tribe Rhynchodemini is defined as containing land planarians with an elongate, cylindroid form, two eyes near the anterior end and strong subepithelial musculature in which the longitudinal fibers are grouped into large bundles. The copulatory apparatus lacks a penis papilla or has it greatly reduced.[2]
Genera
[edit | edit source]The tribe Rhynchodemini contains six genera:
- Anisorhynchodemus Kawakatsu, Froehlich, Jones, Ogren & Sasaki, 2003
- Cotyloplana Spencer, 1892
- Digonopyla Fischer, 1926
- Dolichoplana Moseley, 1877
- Platydemus von Graff, 1896
- Rhynchodemus Leidy, 1851
References
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