''Pasipha'' is a

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s from South America.

Description

Species of the genus ''Pasipha'' have a slender and flattened body with parallel margins while creeping. The copulatory apparatus lacks a permanent penis, having a long and highly folded male atrium instead. The prostatic vesicle is located outside the muscular coat of the copulatory apparatus and divided in two portions. The female canal enters the genital antrum ventrally.

Etymology

The name of ''Pasipha'' is derived from the specific epithet of the

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, ''Pasipha pasipha'', known as ''Geoplana pasipha'' prior to the creation of the genus.

Species

There are 29 species assigned to the genus ''Pasipha'': *'' Pasipha albicaudata'' Amaral & Leal-Zanchet, 2018 *'' Pasipha astraea'' ( Marcus, 1951) *'' Pasipha atla'' Negrete & Brusa, 2016 *'' Pasipha backesi'' Leal-Zanchet, Rossi & Seitenfus, 2012 *'' Pasipha brevilineata'' Leal-Zanchet, Rossi & Alvarenga, 2012 *'' Pasipha caeruleonigra'' (Riester, 1938) *'' Pasipha cafusa'' (Froehlich, 1956) *'' Pasipha carajaensis'' Amaral & Leal-Zanchet, 2019 *'' Pasipha chimbeva'' ( E.M. Froehlich, 1955) *'' Pasipha ferrariaphila'' Leal-Zanchet & Marques, 2018 *'' Pasipha hauseri'' (Froehlich, 1959) *'' Pasipha johnsoni'' Negrete & Brusa, 2016 *'' Pasipha liviae'' *'' Pasipha mbya'' Negrete & Brusa, 2016 *'' Pasipha mesoxantha'' Amaral & Leal-Zanchet, 2016 *'' Pasipha oliverioi'' (Froehlich, 1955) *'' Pasipha pasipha'' (Marcus, 1951) *'' Pasipha paucilineata'' Amaral & Leal-Zanchet, 2018 *'' Pasipha penhana'' (Riester, 1938) *'' Pasipha pinima'' (E.M. Froehlich, 1955) *'' Pasipha plana'' (Schirch, 1929) *'' Pasipha quirogai'' Negrete & Brusa, 2017 *'' Pasipha rosea'' (E.M. Froehlich, 1955) *'' Pasipha splendida'' ( von Graff, 1899) *'' Pasipha tapetilla'' (Marcus, 1951) *'' Pasipha turvensis'' Amaral & Leal-Zanchet, 2016 *'' Pasipha tutameia'' Amaral & Leal-Zanchet, 2019 *'' Pasipha variistriata'' Amaral & Leal-Zanchet, 2018 *'' Pasipha velutina'' (Riester, 1938) Also, there are some species currently considered ''incertae sedis'': *'' Pasipha aphalla'' (

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, 1941) *'' Pasipha diminutiva'' (Hyman, 1955) *'' Pasipha ercilla'' (E.M. Froehlich, 1978) *'' Pasipha chilensis'' (von Graff, 1899) *'' Pasipha velina'' (E.M. Froehlich, 1955) *'' Pasipha weyrauchi'' ( Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1951)

References

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