''Camerata robusta'' is a species of

triclad A planarian is one of the many flatworms of the traditional class (biology), class Turbellaria. It usually describes free-living flatworms of the order Tricladida (triclads), although this common name is also used for a wide number of free-li ...

flatworm The flatworms, flat worms, Platyhelminthes, or platyhelminths (from the Greek πλατύ, ''platy'', meaning "flat" and ἕλμινς (root: ἑλμινθ-), ''helminth-'', meaning "worm") are a phylum of relatively simple bilaterian, unsegment ...

found in the shores of

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

. It is the only known species in the genus ''Camerata''. ''Camerata'' refers to the chambers present in this genus' penis. The species name ''robusta'' refers to the strong muscles present in the copulatory apparatus. Vila-Farré, M., Sluys, R., DʼAniello, S., Cebrià, F., Ferrer, X., & Romero, R. (2009). Marine planarians (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Maricola) from the western Mediterranean Sea and the Cantabrian coast: new records, one new genus, and immunocytochemistry of the nervous system. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 90(2): 409-422.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q4754199 Maricola Animals described in 2009