''Gigantea'' is a
genus
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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 the
Neotropical realm
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropics, tropical Ecoregion#Terrestrial, terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperat ...
.
Description
Species of ''Gigantea'' have a large, broad and flat body. The copulatory apparatus has a
permanent penis and the
ovovitelline ducts enter the female atrium from below.
This definition, however, is incomplete regarding the anatomical features currently considered in the definition of planarian genera and ''Gigantea'' is certainly a heterogeneous genus.
Etymology
The name ''Gigantea'' (
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 ...
for "giant") comes from the specific epithet, ''gigantea'', of the type-species, originally described as ''Geoplana gigantea'' due to its large size.
Species
Currently, there are 14 species assigned to the genus ''Gigantea'':
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Gigantea bistriata''
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Gigantea cameliae''
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Gigantea chiriquii''
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Gigantea gigantea''
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Gigantea gouvernoni
''Gigantea gouvernoni'' is a species of land planarian belonging to the subfamily Geoplaninae. It is known from specimens collected from the grounds of Government House, Bermuda.
Description
''Gigantea gouvernoni'' is a flatworm around 25 m ...
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Gigantea idaia''
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Gigantea maupoi
''Gigantea maupoi'' is a species of land planarian belonging to the subfamily Geoplaninae. It is known from specimens collected near Medellín, Colombia.
Description
''Gigantea maupoi'' is a flatworm around 60–70 mm in length and 6 m ...
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Gigantea montana
''Gigantea'' is a genus of land planarians from the Neotropical realm.
Description
Species of ''Gigantea'' have a large, broad and flat body. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent penis and the ovovitelline ducts enter the female atrium f ...
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Gigantea picadoi
''Gigantea'' is a genus of land planarians from the Neotropical realm.
Description
Species of ''Gigantea'' have a large, broad and flat body. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent penis and the ovovitelline ducts enter the female atrium f ...
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Gigantea ronaldsluysi
''Gigantea'' may refer to:
Genera
* ''Gigantea'' (alga), a genus of brown algae in the family Laminariaceae
* ''Gigantea'' (flatworm), a genus of planarians in the family Geoplanidae
Species
* ''C. gigantea'' (disambiguation)
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Gigantea sandersoni
''Gigantea'' is a genus of land planarians from the Neotropical realm.
Description
Species of ''Gigantea'' have a large, broad and flat body. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent penis and the ovovitelline ducts enter the female atrium f ...
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Gigantea unicolor
''Gigantea'' is a genus of land planarians from the Neotropical realm.
Description
Species of ''Gigantea'' have a large, broad and flat body. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent penis and the ovovitelline ducts enter the female atrium f ...
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Gigantea urubambensis
''Gigantea urubambensis'' is a species of land planarian belonging to the subfamily Geoplaninae. It is known from specimens collected in rainforests of the Lower Urubamba River valley in Peru.
Description
''Gigantea urubambensis'' is a flatworm ...
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Gigantea vongunteni
''Gigantea'' is a genus of land planarians from the Neotropical realm.
Description
Species of ''Gigantea'' have a large, broad and flat body. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent penis and the ovovitelline ducts enter the female atrium f ...
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References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q18580002
Geoplanidae
Rhabditophora genera