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Geoplana
''Geoplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in South America. Taxonomic history The genus ''Geoplana'' was erected in 1857 by William Stimpson and included most land planarians with several eyes distributed along the body.Stimpson, W. (1857). ''Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum quæ in Expeditione ad Oceanum, Pacificum Septentrionalem a Republica Federata missa, Johanne Rodgers Duce, observavit er descripsit. Pars I. Turbellaria Dendrocœla.'' Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 9:19-31. Species with only two eyes were placed in the genus '' Rhynchodemus'', while species with a crescent-shaped head were placed in ''Bipalium''. In the same year, apparently unaware of Stimpson's paper, the naturalist Max Schultze, based on published information and new species collected in Brazil by the naturalist Fritz Müller, also erected a genus named ''Geoplana'', but included all land planarians in it.Schultze, M. and Müller, F. (1857). ''Bei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barreirana
''Barreirana'' is a genus of land planarians from Brazil, formerly considered a subgenus of ''Geoplana''. Description The genus ''Barreirana'' includes land planarians with a small and slender body, usually around 2 cm long or less. The eyes occur along the whole body, covering almost the entire dorsum. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent conical penis occupying the entire male cavity. The only two species currently considered in the genus have a dorsal color pattern including transverse bands. Etymology The name ''Barreirana'' comes from the specific epithet of the type species, ''Barreirana barreirana'' (formerly ''Geoplana barreirana'') and refers to the type locality for the species, the district of Barreira in the city of Teresópolis, state of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |