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Leptoplana Ehrenberg 1831

Description

Genus Leptoplana Ehrenberg, 1831

Diagnosis (from Faubel, 1983): Leptoplanidae without tentacles. Usually with a epidermal or ventral pit between male and female gonopore. Male copulatory apparatus with seminal vesicle and penis developed as eversible unarmed cirrus. Prostatic vesicle with ventral diverticulum at its proximal end. Female apparatus usually with rudimentary Lang’s vesicle.

Notes

Published as part of Gammoudi, Mehrez, Tekaya, Saïda & Noreña, Carolina, 2009, Contribution to the knowledge of Acotylean Polyclads (Platyhelminthes, Polycladida) from Tunisian Coasts, pp. 43-60 in Zootaxa 2195 on page 49, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.275104

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Ehrenberg
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Order
Polycladida
Family
Leptoplanidae
Genus
Leptoplana
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Leptoplana Ehrenberg, 1831 sec. Gammoudi, Tekaya & Noreña, 2009

References

  • Faubel, A. (1983) The Polycladida, Turbellaria. Proposal and establishment of a new system. Part I. The Acotylea. Mitteilungen des hamburgischen zoologischen Museums und Instituts, 80, 17 - 121.