Geoplanini is a tribe of
land planarians
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 ...
in the subfamily
Geoplaninae
Geoplaninae is a subfamily of land planarians endemic to the Neotropical region. Members of this family are sometimes referred to as the Neotropical land planarians. However, one species, '' Obama nungara'' has been introduced in Europe.
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Description
The tribe Geoplanini includes all genera of Geoplaninae that occur east of the Andes plus the Chilean genus ''
Transandiplana''. However, there are no currently known synapomorphies uniting these genera, and this group is supported solely on the basis of molecular analyses.
Genera
The tribe Geoplanini contains 25 genera:
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Amaga''
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Anophthalmoplana''
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Barreirana
''Barreirana'' is a genus of land planarians from Brazil, formerly considered a subgenus of ''Geoplana''.
Description
The genus ''Barreirana'' includes land planarians with a small and slender body, usually around 2 cm long or less. The e ...
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Cephaloflexa''
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Choeradoplana''
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Cratera
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Form and function
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Difroehlichia''
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Geobia''
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Geoplana
''Geoplana'' is a genus of land planarians from South America.
Taxonomic history
The genus ''Geoplana'' was erected in 1857 by William Stimpson and included most land planarians with several eyes distributed along the body.Stimpson, W. (1857). ...
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Gigantea''
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Imbira
''Imbira'' is a genus of land planarians found in South America.
Description
The genus ''Imibira'' is characterized by having a large, slender and flat body with parallel margins, reaching up to 14 cm in length. The eyes are arranged alon ...
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Issoca''
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Liana
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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 ...
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Matuxia''
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Notogynaphallia''
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Paraba
''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 s ...
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Pasipha''
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Piima''
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Pseudogeoplana''
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Supramontana''
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Transandiplana''
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Winsoria''
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Xerapoa''
References
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Geoplanidae