''Choeradoplana'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
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 found in South America.
Description
Species of the genus ''Choeradoplana'' are characterized by the presence of a cephalic retractor muscle associated with cephalic glands, forming a cephalic musculo-glandular organ in a way similar to the one found in the genera ''
Luteostriata
''Luteostriata'' is a genus of land planarians from Brazil characterized by a yellow body with dark longitudinal stripes.
Description
The genus ''Luteostriata'' is characterized by the presence of a cephalic retractor muscle, which allows thos ...
'' and ''
Issoca''. The head of ''Choeradoplana'' is highly rolled backwards and the ventral area thus visible has two "cushions" formed by the musculo-glandular organ.
[Ogren, R. E. and Kawakatsu, M. (1990). ''Index to the species of the family Geoplanidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part I: Geoplaninae.'' Bulletin of Fujis Women's College. 29: 79-166.] This peculiar head shape makes it easy to identify a species as belonging to this genus.
Etymology
The name ''Choeradoplana'' comes from
Greek word ''χοιράς'' (
scrofula) and the
Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...
word ''plana'' (flat) due to the two cushions on the ventral side of the head that resemble the neck swellings in patients affected by scrofula.
Species
The genus ''Choeradoplana'' currently includes the following 24 species:
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Choeradoplana abaiba''
Carbayo, Silva, Riutort & Álvarez-Presas, 2017
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Choeradoplana agua''
Carbayo, Silva, Riutort & Álvarez-Presas, 2017
*''
Choeradoplana albonigra''
(Riester, 1938)
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Choeradoplana banga''
Carbayo & Froehlich, 2012
*''
Choeradoplana benyai''
Lemos & Leal-Zanchet, 2014
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Choeradoplana bilix''
Marcus, 1951
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Choeradoplana bocaina''
Carbayo & Froehlich, 2012
*''
Choeradoplana catua''
Froehlich, 1954
*''
Choeradoplana claudioi
''Choeradoplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in South America.
Description
Species of the genus ''Choeradoplana'' are characterized by the presence of a cephalic retractor muscle associated with cephalic glands, forming a cephalic mus ...
''
Lago-Barcia & Carbayo, 2021
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Choeradoplana crassiphalla''
Negrete & Brusa, 2012
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Choeradoplana cyanoatria''
Iturralde & Leal-Zanchet, 2019
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Choeradoplana ehrenreichi''
Graff, 1899
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Choeradoplana eudoxiae''
Silva & Carbayo, 2021
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Choeradoplana gladismariae
''Choeradoplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in South America.
Description
Species of the genus ''Choeradoplana'' are characterized by the presence of a cephalic retractor muscle associated with cephalic glands, forming a cephalic mus ...
''
Carbayo & Froehlich, 2012
*''
Choeradoplana iheringi''
Graff, 1899
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Choeradoplana langi
''Choeradoplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in South America.
Description
Species of the genus ''Choeradoplana'' are characterized by the presence of a cephalic retractor muscle associated with cephalic glands, forming a cephalic mus ...
''
(Dendy, 1894)
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Choeradoplana longivesicula
''Choeradoplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in South America.
Description
Species of the genus ''Choeradoplana'' are characterized by the presence of a cephalic retractor muscle associated with cephalic glands, forming a cephalic mus ...
''
Iturralde & Leal-Zanchet, 2019
*''
Choeradoplana marthae
''Choeradoplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in South America.
Description
Species of the genus ''Choeradoplana'' are characterized by the presence of a cephalic retractor muscle associated with cephalic glands, forming a cephalic mus ...
''
Froehlich, 1954
*''
Choeradoplana minima
''Choeradoplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in South America.
Description
Species of the genus ''Choeradoplana'' are characterized by the presence of a cephalic retractor muscle associated with cephalic glands, forming a cephalic mus ...
''
Lemos & Leal-Zanchet, 2014
*''
Choeradoplana onae
''Choeradoplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in South America.
Description
Species of the genus ''Choeradoplana'' are characterized by the presence of a cephalic retractor muscle associated with cephalic glands, forming a cephalic mus ...
''
Lago-Barcia & Carbayo, 2021
*''
Choeradoplana pucupucu
''Choeradoplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in South America.
Description
Species of the genus ''Choeradoplana'' are characterized by the presence of a cephalic retractor muscle associated with cephalic glands, forming a cephalic mus ...
''
Carbayo, Silva, Riutort & Álvarez-Presas, 2017
*''
Choeradoplana riutortae
''Choeradoplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in South America.
Description
Species of the genus ''Choeradoplana'' are characterized by the presence of a cephalic retractor muscle associated with cephalic glands, forming a cephalic mus ...
''
Lago-Barcia & Carbayo, 2021
*''
Choeradoplana spatulata
''Choeradoplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in South America.
Description
Species of the genus ''Choeradoplana'' are characterized by the presence of a cephalic retractor muscle associated with cephalic glands, forming a cephalic mus ...
''
Graff, 1899
*''
Choeradoplana tristriata
''Choeradoplana'' is a genus of land planarians found in South America.
Description
Species of the genus ''Choeradoplana'' are characterized by the presence of a cephalic retractor muscle associated with cephalic glands, forming a cephalic mus ...
''
(Schultze & Müller, 1857)
References
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Geoplanidae
Rhabditophora genera