''Microplana'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

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 Europe and Africa.

Description

Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent conical penis with a muscular bulbus projecting into a short atrium. A genito-intestinal canal or a bursa copulatrix is usually present, connecting the intestine to the female atrium.

Ecology

Species of ''Microplana'' are adapted to different habitats. Most species occur in temperate forests, including beech, oak, pine and mixed forests, and seem to prefer neutral to basic soils, with pH values above 6. However, there are species adapted to drier habitats, such as the African savanna. All ''Microplana'' species are carnivores, feeding on other invertebrates. Some are active predators, while others are mainly scavengers.

Species

The genus ''Microplana'' includes the following species: *''

Microplana aberana ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' (Mell, 1904) *''

Microplana aixandrei ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' Vila-Farré, Mateos, Sluys & Romero, 2008 *''

Microplana astricta ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' Sluys, Álvarez-Presas & Mateos, 2017 *''

Microplana atropurpurea ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' (von Graff, 1899) *''

Microplana attemsi ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanen ...

'' (Bendl, 1909) *''

Microplana cephalofusca ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' Sluys, Álvarez-Presas & Mateos, 2017 *''

Microplana ceylonica ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' (von Graff, 1899) *''

Microplana cherangani ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' (de Beauchamp, 1936) *'' Microplana cingulata'' Álvarez-Presas, Sluys & Mateos, 2017 *''

Microplana costaricensis ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' (de Beauchamp, 1913) *''

Microplana edwardsi ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' Jones & McDonald, 2021 *''

Microplana fuscomaculosa ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' Sluys, Mateos & Álvarez-Presas, 2017 *''

Microplana gadesensis ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' Vila-Farré, Mateos, Sluys & Romero, 2008 *''

Microplana garavi ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1957 *''

Microplana giustii ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' Minelli, 1976 *''

Microplana graffi ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' (Geba, 1909) *''

Microplana grazalemica ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' Vila-Farré, Mateos, Sluys & Romero, 2008 *''

Microplana groga ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' Jones, Webster, Littlewood & McDonald, 2008 *''

Microplana haitiensis ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' Prudhoe, 1949 *''

Microplana harea ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' Marcus, 1953 *''

Microplana henrici ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' (Bendl, 1908) *''

Microplana hovassei ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' (de Beauchamp, 1934) *''

Microplana howesi ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' (Scharff, 1900) *'' Microplana humicola'' Vejdovsky, 1889 *''

Microplana hyalina ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' Vila-Farré & Sluys, 2011 *''

Microplana indica ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' (Chaurasia, 1985) *''

Microplana kwiskea ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' Jones, Webster, Littlewood & McDonald, 2008 *''

Microplana lutulenta ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' Álvarez-Presas, Sluys & Mateos, 2017 *''

Microplana mediostriata ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' (Geba, 1909) *''

Microplana montoyai ''Microplana'' is a genus 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 physi ...

'' (Fuhrmann, 1914) *''

Microplana nana ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' Mateos, Giribet & Carranza, 1998 *'' Microplana natalensis'' (Jameson, 1907) *''

Microplana nervosa ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' Sluys, Mateos & Álvarez-Presas, 2017 *''

Microplana neumanni ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' (Mell, 1904) *''

Microplana peneckei ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' (Meixner, 1921) *''

Microplana perereca ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' Marcus & Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1959 *''

Microplana plurioculata ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The reproductive system of planarians, co ...

'' Sluys, Mateos & Álvarez-Presas, 2016 *''

Microplana polyopsis ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' Sluys, Álvarez-Presas & Mateos, 2016 *''

Microplana purpurea ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The reproductive system of planarians, co ...

'' (Bendl, 1908) *''

Microplana robusta ''Microplana'' is a genus 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 physi ...

'' Vila-Farré & Sluys, 2011 *''

Microplana rufocephalata ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' Hyman, 1954 *''

Microplana scharffi ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' (Graff, 1896) *''

Microplana shenzhensis ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' Wang & Yu, 2013 *''

Microplana sparsa ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanen ...

'' Sluys, Mateos & Álvarez-Presas, 2017 *''

Microplana termitophaga ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The reproductive system of planarians, co ...

'' Jones, Darlington & Newson, 1990 *''

Microplana terrestris ''Microplana terrestris'' is a species of free-living, terrestrial flatworm in the order Tricladida. It was first described in 1773 by the Danish naturalist Otto Friedrich Müller as ''Fasciola terrestris'', but has since been reassigned to the ...

'' (Müller, 1774) *''

Microplana thwaitesii ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' (Moseley, 1875) *''

Microplana trifuscolineata ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' (Kaburaki, 1920) *''

Microplana tristriata ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' (Geba, 1909) *''

Microplana uniductus ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' (de Beauchamp, 1930) *''

Microplana unilineata ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' (Frieb, 1923) *''

Microplana viridis ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent ...

'' (Jameson, 1907) *''

Microplana voeltzkowi ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanen ...

'' (von Graff, 1899) *''

Microplana yaravi ''Microplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa. Description Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanen ...

'' du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1957

References

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