''Camerata robusta'' is a species of

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found in the shores of

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. It is the only known species in the genus ''Camerata''. ''Camerata'' refers to the chambers present in this genus' penis. The species name ''robusta'' refers to the strong muscles present in the copulatory apparatus. Vila-Farré, M., Sluys, R., DʼAniello, S., Cebrià, F., Ferrer, X., & Romero, R. (2009). Marine planarians (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Maricola) from the western Mediterranean Sea and the Cantabrian coast: new records, one new genus, and immunocytochemistry of the nervous system. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 90(2): 409-422.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q4754199 Maricola Animals described in 2009