Newzealandia

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Newzealandia
Newzealandia graffi 2.jpg
Newzealandia graffii
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Tricladida
Family: Geoplanidae
Tribe: Caenoplanini
Genus: Newzealandia
Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1991
Type species
Geoplana inaequabilis
Fyfe, 1956

Newzealandia is a genus of land planarians from New Zealand.

Description[]

Species of the genus Newzealandia are characterized by a copulatory apparatus that lacks a penis papilla and has a series of accessory glands embedded into the wall of the atrial cavity.[1] Those glands are similar to the adenodactyls found in the closely related genus Artioposthia, the main difference being that adenodactyls project into the atrial cavity.[2]

Etymology[]

The name Newzealandia comes from New Zealand, the country in which the species of the genus are found.

Species[]

The genus Newzealandia includes the following species:

  • Newzealandia agricola (Dendy, 1895)
  • Newzealandia graffii (Dendy, 1895)
  • Newzealandia inaequabilis (Fyfe, 1956)
  • Newzealandia inequalistriata (Dendy, 1895)
  • Newzealandia iris (Dendy, 1896)
  • Newzealandia moseleyi (Hutton, 1880)

References[]

  1. ^ Ogren, R. E.; Kawakatsu, M. (1991). "Index to the species of the family Geoplanidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part II: Caenoplaninae and Pelmatoplaninae". Bulletin of Fujis Women's College. 29: 35–58.open access
  2. ^ Jones, H. D. (1999). "A new genus and species of terrestrial planarian (Platyhelminthes; Tricladida; Terricola) from Scotland, and an emendation of the genus Artioposthia". Journal of Natural History. 33 (3): 387–394. doi:10.1080/002229399300308. ISSN 0022-2933.
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