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Cotyloplana

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Cotyloplana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Tricladida
Family: Geoplanidae
Tribe: Rhynchodemini
Genus: Cotyloplana
Spencer, 1892
Type species
Cotyloplana punctata
Spencer, 1892

Cotyloplana is a genus of land planarians in the tribe Rhynchodemini.

Description

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The genus Cotyloplana is characterized by a flat body with a wide creeping sole. There is one sucker located ventrally at the anterior end, in front of the creeping sole. The copulatory apparatus has a large spacious male atrium, with a small and obtuse penis papilla. A diverticulum opens into the common atrium from its posterior wall.[1]

Species

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The genus Cotyloplana currently contains two species:

References

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  1. ^ Ogren, R. E.; 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.Open access icon