''Caenoplana'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
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 from Australia and New Zealand.
Description
The genus ''Caenoplana'' is characterized by having an elongate, cylindrical to sub-cylindrical body. The eyes are arranged along the body margins, crowded irregularly at the sides of the anterior end and extending in a single row to the posterior end. The
copulatory apparatus lacks a permanent penis, i. e., the penis is formed during copulation by folds in the male cavity. The female cavity is irregular and narrow and the ovovitelline ducts join each other behind it, entering it ventrally.
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Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Caenoplana'':
*''Caenoplana albolineata
''Caenoplana'' is a genus of land planarians from Australia and New Zealand.
Description
The genus ''Caenoplana'' is characterized by having an elongate, cylindrical to sub-cylindrical body. The eyes are arranged along the body margins, crowde ...
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*'' Caenoplana barringtonensis''
*''Caenoplana citrina
''Caenoplana'' is a genus of land planarians from Australia and New Zealand.
Description
The genus ''Caenoplana'' is characterized by having an elongate, cylindrical to sub-cylindrical body. The eyes are arranged along the body margins, crowde ...
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*''Caenoplana coerulea
''Caenoplana coerulea'', known as the blue planarian or blue garden flatworm is a species of Geoplanidae, land planarian.
Description
This is a long narrow flatworm, which is shiny black or dark brown on the upper surface, and mid-blue undernea ...
'' – Blue garden flatworm
*'' Caenoplana daemeli''
*'' Caenoplana decolorata'' Mateos, Jones, Riutort, & Álvarez-Presas, 2020[ ]
*''Caenoplana dubia
''Caenoplana'' is a genus of land planarians from Australia and New Zealand.
Description
The genus ''Caenoplana'' is characterized by having an elongate, cylindrical to sub-cylindrical body. The eyes are arranged along the body margins, crowde ...
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*'' Caenoplana graffi''
*'' Caenoplana hillii''
*''Caenoplana hoggii
''Caenoplana'' is a genus of land planarians from Australia and New Zealand.
Description
The genus ''Caenoplana'' is characterized by having an elongate, cylindrical to sub-cylindrical body. The eyes are arranged along the body margins, crowde ...
'' – Hogg's flatworm
*'' Caenoplana micholitzi''
*''Caenoplana munda
''Caenoplana'' is a genus of land planarians from Australia and New Zealand.
Description
The genus ''Caenoplana'' is characterized by having an elongate, cylindrical to sub-cylindrical body. The eyes are arranged along the body margins, crowde ...
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*''Caenoplana ponderosa
''Caenoplana'' is a genus of land planarians from Australia and New Zealand.
Description
The genus ''Caenoplana'' is characterized by having an elongate, cylindrical to sub-cylindrical body. The eyes are arranged along the body margins, crowde ...
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*''Caenoplana purpurea
''Caenoplana'' is a genus of land planarians from Australia and New Zealand.
Description
The genus ''Caenoplana'' is characterized by having an elongate, cylindrical to sub-cylindrical body. The eyes are arranged along the body margins, crowde ...
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*''Caenoplana sieboldi
''Caenoplana'' is a genus of land planarians from Australia and New Zealand.
Description
The genus ''Caenoplana'' is characterized by having an elongate, cylindrical to sub-cylindrical body. The eyes are arranged along the body margins, crowde ...
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*''Caenoplana spenceri
''Caenoplana'' is a genus of land planarians from Australia and New Zealand.
Description
The genus ''Caenoplana'' is characterized by having an elongate, cylindrical to sub-cylindrical body. The eyes are arranged along the body margins, crowde ...
'' – Spencer's flatworm
*''Caenoplana steenstrupi
''Caenoplana'' is a genus of land planarians from Australia and New Zealand.
Description
The genus ''Caenoplana'' is characterized by having an elongate, cylindrical to sub-cylindrical body. The eyes are arranged along the body margins, crowde ...
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*''Caenoplana steinboecki
''Caenoplana'' is a genus of land planarians from Australia and New Zealand.
Description
The genus ''Caenoplana'' is characterized by having an elongate, cylindrical to sub-cylindrical body. The eyes are arranged along the body margins, crowde ...
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*''Caenoplana sulphurea
''Caenoplana sulphurea'' is a species of land planarian found in southeastern Australia and since introduced to New Zealand.
''Caenoplana sulphurea'' was originally described under the name '' Geoplana sulphurea'' in the ''Proceedings of the Li ...
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*''Caenoplana tenuis
''Caenoplana'' is a genus of land planarians from Australia and New Zealand.
Description
The genus ''Caenoplana'' is characterized by having an elongate, cylindrical to sub-cylindrical body. The eyes are arranged along the body margins, crowde ...
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*''Caenoplana variegata
''Caenoplana variegata'' is a species of land planarian. It was first described in 1888 as ''Geoplana variegata'' by Joseph James Fletcher and Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton. The currently accepted name is ''Caenoplana variegata'' although the n ...
'' Caenoplana viridis
''Caenoplana'' is a genus of land planarians from Australia and New Zealand.
Description
The genus ''Caenoplana'' is characterized by having an elongate, cylindrical to sub-cylindrical body. The eyes are arranged along the body margins, crowde ...
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References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q4993794
Geoplanidae
Rhabditophora genera