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Diporodemus

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Diporodemus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Tricladida
Family: Geoplanidae
Subfamily: Microplaninae
Genus: Diporodemus
Hyman, 1938
Type species
Diporodemus yucatani
Hyman, 1938

Diporodemus is a genus of land planarians found in the Americas.[1]

Description

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The genus Diporodemus is characterized by the copulatory apparatus having a large seminal bursa (or bursa copulatrix) connected to the vagina by a canal, called Beauchamp's canal. This bursa also opens to the exterior by a canal and a pore situated behind the common gonopore.[2]

Species

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Currently, there are 5 species assigned to the genus Diporodemus:

References

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  1. ^ Ogren, Robert E.; Kawakatsu, Masaharu (1989). "Index to the species of the family Rhynchodemidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part II: Microplaninae". The Bulletin of Fuji Women's College. Series 2. 27 (11): 53–111.Open access icon
  2. ^ Ogren, Robert E.; Kawakatsu, Masaharu (1988). "Index to the species of the family Rhynchodemidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part I: Rhynchodeminae". The Bulletin of Fuji Women's College. Series 2. 26 (2): 39–91.Open access icon
  3. ^ Glasgow, Benny C. (2013). "A New Species of Land Planarian, Diporodemus merridithae, and Cohabitant Specimens from Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina, U.S.A". Journal of North Carolina Academy of Science. 129 (1): 1–8. doi:10.7572/2167-5880-129.1.1. ISSN 2167-5872.