''Beauchampius'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
land planarian
Geoplanidae is a family of flatworms known commonly as land planarians or land flatworms.
These flatworms are mainly predators of other invertebrates, which they hunt, attack and capture using physical force and the adhesive and digestive proper ...
s in the tribe
Pelmatoplaninini
Pelmatoplaninini is a tribe of land planarians in the subfamily Rhynchodeminae.
Description
The tribe Pelmatoplaninini is defined as containing land planarians with a narrow body with tapered anterior end. The eyes are numerous and clustered a ...
.
Description
The genus ''Beauchampius'' includes planarians with weak cutaneous longitudinal musculature and strong parenchymal musculature forming a ring zone. The
copulatory apparatus has a well-developed conical penis papilla and two female ducts opening into the genital atrium, one from the ventral female canal and other from the dorsal diverticulum that in some cases forms a seminal bursa.
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Etymology
The genus ''Beauchampius'' was named in honor of
Paul Marais de Beauchamp
Charles Alfred Paul Marais de Beauchamp (3 March 1883 – 30 January 1977), 5th Baron Soye, was a French zoologist.
Life
Paul Marais de Beauchamp was born in 1883 in Paris as the first son of Etienne Arthur Marais de Beauchamp, office manager o ...
, who studied land planarians for more than 60 years.
Species
The genus ''Beauchampius'' includes the following species:
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Beauchampius bangoianus
''Beauchampius'' is a genus of land planarians in the tribe Pelmatoplaninini.
Description
The genus ''Beauchampius'' includes planarians with weak cutaneous longitudinal musculature and strong parenchymal musculature forming a ring zone. The ...
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(de Beauchamp, 1939)
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Beauchampius coonoorensis
''Beauchampius'' is a genus of land planarians in the tribe Pelmatoplaninini.
Description
The genus ''Beauchampius'' includes planarians with weak cutaneous longitudinal musculature and strong parenchymal musculature forming a ring zone. The ...
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(de Beauchamp, 1930)
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Beauchampius crassus
''Beauchampius'' is a genus of land planarians in the tribe Pelmatoplaninini.
Description
The genus ''Beauchampius'' includes planarians with weak cutaneous longitudinal musculature and strong parenchymal musculature forming a ring zone. The ...
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(de Beauchamp, 1939)
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Beauchampius dawydoffi
''Beauchampius'' is a genus of land planarians in the tribe Pelmatoplaninini.
Description
The genus ''Beauchampius'' includes planarians with weak cutaneous longitudinal musculature and strong parenchymal musculature forming a ring zone. The ...
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(de Beauchamp, 1939)
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Beauchampius indosinicus
''Beauchampius'' is a genus of land planarians in the tribe Pelmatoplaninini.
Description
The genus ''Beauchampius'' includes planarians with weak cutaneous longitudinal musculature and strong parenchymal musculature forming a ring zone. The ...
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(de Beauchamp, 1939)
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Beauchampius nilgiriensis
''Beauchampius'' is a genus of land planarians in the tribe Pelmatoplaninini.
Description
The genus ''Beauchampius'' includes planarians with weak cutaneous longitudinal musculature and strong parenchymal musculature forming a ring zone. The ...
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(Whitehouse, 1919)
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Beauchampius sarasinorum
''Beauchampius'' is a genus of land planarians in the tribe Pelmatoplaninini.
Description
The genus ''Beauchampius'' includes planarians with weak cutaneous longitudinal musculature and strong parenchymal musculature forming a ring zone. The ...
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(Graff, 1899)
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Beauchampius sondaica
''Beauchampius'' is a genus of land planarians in the tribe Pelmatoplaninini.
Description
The genus ''Beauchampius'' includes planarians with weak cutaneous longitudinal musculature and strong parenchymal musculature forming a ring zone. The ...
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(Loman, 1890)
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Beauchampius trimeni
''Beauchampius'' is a genus of land planarians in the tribe Pelmatoplaninini.
Description
The genus ''Beauchampius'' includes planarians with weak cutaneous longitudinal musculature and strong parenchymal musculature forming a ring zone. The ...
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(Graff, 1899)
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q18583453
Geoplanidae
Rhabditophora genera