''Pelmatoplana'' is a

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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 in the tribe

Pelmatoplanini Pelmatoplaninini is a tribe of land planarians in the subfamily Rhynchodeminae. Description The tribe Pelmatoplaninini is defined as containing land planarians with a narrow body with tapered anterior end. The eyes are numerous and clustered alo ...

Description

The genus ''Pelmatoplana'' includes planarians with weak cutaneous longitudinal musculature and strong parenchymal musculature forming a ring zone. The copulatory apparatus has a well-developed conical penis papilla and the female atrium lacks a seminal bursa, having only the female canal entering it. A genito-intestinal duct may be present connecting the female canal to the intestine.

Species

The genus ''Pelmatoplana'' includes the following species: *'' Pelmatoplana bogoriensis'' Graff, 1899 *'' Pelmatoplana braueri'' (Graff, 1899) *'' Pelmatoplana graffi'' Fuhrmann, 1914 *'' Pelmatoplana japonica'' (Kaburaki, 1922) *'' Pelmatoplana maheensis'' (Graff, 1899) *'' Pelmatoplana moluccana'' Graff, 1899 *'' Pelmatoplana pseudophallus'' de Beauchamp, 1939

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q18582580 Geoplanidae Rhabditophora genera