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''Platydemus'' is a 
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of large predatory
Predation is a biological interaction in which one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill ...
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 tribe Rhynchodemini
Rhynchodemini is a tribe of land planarians in the subfamily Rhynchodeminae
Rhynchodeminae is a subfamily of land planarians with a worldwide distribution.
Phylogeny and systematics
Based on morphological evidence, especially the presence of ...
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Description
Species of the genus ''Platydemus'' are characterized by a massive, slightly convex body with a broad creeping sole and very large eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a large chamber with folded epithelium in the male atrium, usually with a small penis.Species
The genus ''Platydemus'' includes the following species: * '' Platydemus bivittatus'' von Graff, 1899 * '' Platydemus fasciatus'' (Spencer, 1892) * '' Platydemus grandis'' (Spencer, 1892) * '' Platydemus joliveti'' de Beauchamp, 1972 * '' Platydemus lividus'' von Graff, 1899 * '' Platydemus longibulbus'' de Beauchamp, 1972 * '' Platydemus macrophthalmus'' von Graff, 1899 * ''Platydemus manokwari
''Platydemus manokwari'', also known as the New Guinea flatworm, is a species of large predatory land flatworm.
Native to New Guinea, it has been accidentally introduced to the soil of many countries, including the United States. It was als ...
'' de Beauchamp, 1963 – "New Guinea flatworm"
* '' Platydemus pindaudei'' de Beauchamp, 1972
* '' Platydemus tabatteldii'' Graff, 1899
* '' Platydemus vanheurni'' de Beauchamp, 1929
* '' Platydemus victoriae'' (Dendy, 1890)
* '' Platydemus zimmermanni'' de Beauchamp, 1952
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q7202592 Geoplanidae Rhabditophora genera