| Geoplana piratininga | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Family: | Geoplanidae |
| Genus: | Geoplana |
| Species: | G. piratininga |
| Binomial name | |
| Geoplana piratininga Ana Laura Almeida, Fernando P.L.Marques & Fernando Carbayo, 2019 | |
Geoplana piratininga is a species of land planarian belonging to the subfamily Geoplaninae.[1] It is found in areas within the Atlantic Forest in the municipalities of São Paulo and Mongaguá, Brazil.[2]
Description
Geoplana piratininga is a flatworm around 25 mm in length and 4 mm in width. The body is relatively short and has parallel margins; the front tip is rounded and the back tip is pointed. The dorsal side has a traffic-red band running down the middle, bounded on each side by a black stripe; the stripe is bordered by a white stripe, which is in turn bordered by a black band, which is then bordered by a thin marginal white line. The ventral side is a whitish color.[2]
Aside from its coloration, it is distinguished from other members of Geoplana by having the dorsal and ventral insertions of the penis papilla at the same transverse plane, non-folded walls of the female atrium, and a female-to-male atrium length ratio of 2.[2]
Etymology
The specific epithet, piratininga, is derived from the historical Tupi language name of the type locality of São Paulo, Piratininga plains.[2]
References
- ↑ "Geoplana piratininga Ana Laura Almeida, Fernando P.L.Marques & Fernando Carbayo, 2019". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
- 1 2 3 4 Ana Laura Almeida and others, ‘Endless forms most beautiful’: taxonomic revision of the planarian Geoplana vaginuloides (Darwin, 1844) and discovery of numerous congeners (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 185, Issue 1, January 2019, Pages 1–65. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zly022