''Choeradoplana'' 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 found in South America.
Description
Species of the genus ''Choeradoplana'' are characterized by the presence of a cephalic retractor muscle associated with cephalic glands, forming a cephalic musculo-glandular organ in a way similar to the one found in the genera ''
Luteostriata
''Luteostriata'' is a genus of land planarians from Brazil characterized by a yellow body with dark longitudinal stripes.
Description
The genus ''Luteostriata'' is characterized by the presence of a cephalic retractor muscle, which allows thos ...
'' and ''
Issoca''. The head of ''Choeradoplana'' is highly rolled backwards and the ventral area thus visible has two "cushions" formed by the musculo-glandular organ.
[Ogren, R. E. and Kawakatsu, M. (1990). ''Index to the species of the family Geoplanidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part I: Geoplaninae.'' Bulletin of Fujis Women's College. 29: 79-166.] This peculiar head shape makes it easy to identify a species as belonging to this genus.
Etymology
The name ''Choeradoplana'' comes from
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...
word ''χοιράς'' (
scrofula) and the
Latin
Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...
word ''plana'' (flat) due to the two cushions on the ventral side of the head that resemble the neck swellings in patients affected by scrofula.
Species
The genus ''Choeradoplana'' currently includes the following 24 species:
*''
Choeradoplana abaiba''
Carbayo, Silva, Riutort & Álvarez-Presas, 2017
*''
Choeradoplana agua''
Carbayo, Silva, Riutort & Álvarez-Presas, 2017
*''
Choeradoplana albonigra''
(Riester, 1938)
*''
Choeradoplana banga''
Carbayo & Froehlich, 2012
*''
Choeradoplana benyai''
Lemos & Leal-Zanchet, 2014
*''
Choeradoplana bilix''
Marcus, 1951
*''
Choeradoplana bocaina''
Carbayo & Froehlich, 2012
*''
Choeradoplana catua''
Froehlich, 1954
*''
Choeradoplana claudioi''
Lago-Barcia & Carbayo, 2021
*''
Choeradoplana crassiphalla''
Negrete & Brusa, 2012
*''
Choeradoplana cyanoatria''
Iturralde & Leal-Zanchet, 2019
*''
Choeradoplana ehrenreichi''
Graff, 1899
*''
Choeradoplana eudoxiae''
Silva & Carbayo, 2021
*''
Choeradoplana gladismariae''
Carbayo & Froehlich, 2012
*''
Choeradoplana iheringi
''Choeradoplana iheringi'' is a species of Geoplanidae, land planarian in the subfamily Geoplaninae found in Brazil.
Description
''Choeradoplana iheringi'' is a small to medium-sized land planarian up to in length when crawling. The dorsum v ...
''
Graff, 1899
*''
Choeradoplana langi''
(Dendy, 1894)
*''
Choeradoplana longivesicula''
Iturralde & Leal-Zanchet, 2019
*''
Choeradoplana malaria
''Choeradoplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in South America.
Description
Species of the genus ''Choeradoplana'' are characterized by the presence of a cephalic retractor muscle associated with cephalic glands, forming a cephalic mu ...
''
Negrete & Brusa, 2024
*''
Choeradoplana marthae''
Froehlich, 1954
*''
Choeradoplana minima''
Lemos & Leal-Zanchet, 2014
*''
Choeradoplana onae''
Lago-Barcia & Carbayo, 2021
*''
Choeradoplana pucupucu''
Carbayo, Silva, Riutort & Álvarez-Presas, 2017
*''
Choeradoplana riutortae''
Lago-Barcia & Carbayo, 2021
*''
Choeradoplana tristriata''
(Schultze & Müller, 1857)
References
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Geoplanidae
Rhabditophora genera