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Amaga Pseudobama
''Amaga pseudobama'' is a species of land planarian in the subfamily Geoplaninae. Description ''Amaga pseudobama'' is 19–28 mm in length. The body is broadly lanceolate with tapered extremities, the color is dark brown dorsally and light brown ventrally. The authors of the species explained that "on the basis of examination of photographs of the live specimens only, the specimens were first considered as belonging to ''Obama nungara'', a species originally from South America, which has now invaded a large part of Europe." Etymology According to the authors of the taxon, the specific epithet "alludes to the species being initially identified from photographs as the darkly pigmented form of ''Obama nungara''. Distribution ''Amaga pseudobama'' was first found in 2020 in a plant nursery in Kinston, North Carolina, USA, in pots coming from another nursery in Georgia, USA. Specimens were also collected in Fort Myers, Florida, in 2015. Observations from citizen science ...
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Amaga Expatria
''Amaga expatria'' is a large species of Geoplanidae, land planarian in the subfamily Geoplaninae. Description ''Amaga expatria'' is a large species, reaching 132 mm in length and 9 mm in width in extended state. The dorsal colour is mid-brown with a dark brown anterior tip, with two narrow dark blue lines dorsally along the anterior third. It looks a bit like, in colour and shape, "a banana cut lengthwise". Etymology According to the authors of the taxon, the specific epithet "is based on ''ex patria'' = expatriate, meaning away from one’s native country, recognising that this worm, like much of the present biota of Bermuda including humans, originated elsewhere." Distribution ''Amaga expatria'' has been found in the Bermuda and in two islands of the Caribbean, Martinique and Guadeloupe. The species is abundant in Guadeloupe and Martinique. Ecology As other land flatworms, this animal is a predator of other small animals. The prey of ''Amaga expatria'' include molluscs ...
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