Paraparaba Suva
''Paraparaba'' is a genus of land planarians from South America. Description Species of the genus ''Paraparaba'' have a slender body with nearly parallel margins while creeping. The largest specimens may reach about 8 cm in length. Both sides of the body are slightly convex. The pharynx is cylindrical and the prostatic vesicle is extrabulbar. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent, protrusible, conical penis occupying the entire male cavity, which is unfolded, and the female cavity is rounded and filled with a multilayered epithelium. Taxonomy Species in the genus ''Paraparaba'' were first assigned to a genus named ''Paraba'', of which the chosen type species was ''Geoplana multicolor'' Graff, 1899. However, this was based on specimens that are not conspecific with the holotype of ''Geoplana multicolor''. An analysis of the holotype indicated that it matches the definition of the genus ''Geoplana'' and not ''Paraba''. This made ''Paraba'' become a junior synonym of '' ...
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