Obama ficki
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Family: | Geoplanidae |
| Genus: | Obama |
| Species: | O. ficki
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| Binomial name | |
| Obama ficki (Amaral & Leal-Zanchet, 2012)
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Geoplana ficki Amaral & Leal-Zanchet, 2012 | |
Obama ficki is a large species of Brazilian land planarian in the subfamily Geoplaninae.
Description[]
Obama ficki is a large land planarian with a broad and flat leaf-like body. The largest specimens reach more than 20 cm in length. The color of the dorsum is composed by a greyish-brown background covered with numerous fine black spots. The ventral side is orange.[1]
The several eyes of O. ficki are distributed marginally in the first centimeters of the body and posteriorly become dorsal, occupying around 30% of the body width at the median third of the body.[1]
Distribution[]
The habitat of O. ficki includes seasonal and moist forests in northeast Rio Grande do Sul and east Santa Catarina, southern Brazil.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b Amaral, Silvana V.; Oliveira, Simone M.; Leal-Zanchet, Ana M. (2012). "Three new species of land flatworms and comments on a complex of species in the genus Geoplana Stimpson (Platyhelminthes: Continenticola)". Zootaxa. 3338: 1–32.
- ^ Amaral, Silvana Vargas do; Hack, Ilana Rossi; Iturralde, Giuly Gouvêa; Leal-Zanchet, Ana Maria (2014). "Land Flatworms (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida) in Remnants of Deciduous Forest in the Northeast Region Of Southern Brazil". Biota Neotropica. 14 (1): 1–6. doi:10.1590/S1676-06020140045. ISSN 1676-0603.
Categories:
- Geoplanidae
- Invertebrates of Brazil