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Incapora

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Incapora
A narrow, brown flatworm on a rock.
Incapora anamallensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Tricladida
Family: Geoplanidae
Subfamily: Microplaninae
Genus: Incapora
Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1953
Type species
Incapora weyrauchi
Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1953

Incapora is a genus of land planarians in the subfamily Microplaninae.[1]

Description

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Species of the genus Incapora are characterized by the presence of two ventral orifices that lead to the posterior branches of the gut. These intestinal branches also connect to the copulatory apparatus by anastomosis with the bursal canal.[2]

Species

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The genus Incapora contains only two species:

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