''Eudoxiatopoplana'' 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 ...

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 from New Zealand, currently comprising a single species, ''Eudoxiatopoplana bilaticlavia'', that occurs in

Stewart Island Stewart Island ( mi, Rakiura, ' glowing skies', officially Stewart Island / Rakiura) is New Zealand's third-largest island, located south of the South Island, across the Foveaux Strait. It is a roughly triangular island with a total land ar ...

. It is the sole genus of the tribe Eudoxiaotopoplanini.

Description

The genus ''Eudoxiatopoplana'' includes land planarians with a small and robust body that is subcylindrical in cross section. The anterior end is blunt and slightly rolled upwards, showing some of the anterior ventral surface and forming a type of adhesive cup. The eyes form multiple rows around the anterior end and dorso-anteriorly and occur along the whole body. The parenchymal longitudinal musculature forms a massive ring zone around the intestine. The testes are dorsal and extend from behind the ovaries to the posterior end. The copulatory apparatus has an inverted penis, a resorptive bursa, and an adenodactyl.

Etymology

The name ''Eudoxiatopoplana'' comes is a combination of Greek ''εὐδοξία'' (''eudoxia''), honor + ''ἄτοπος'' (''atopos''), out of place +

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 ...

''plana'', flat. It honors Professor

Eudóxia Maria Froehlich Eudóxia Maria Froehlich (21 October 1928 – 26 September 2015) was a Brazilian zoologist. Life Born in 1928, Eudóxia Maria de Oliveira Pinto was the daughter of Alice Alves de Camargo and the ornithologist Olivério Mário de Oliveira Pinto. ...

for her contribution to the study of land planarians. The specific epithet ''bilaticlavia'' comes from Latin ''bi-'', two + ''laticlavia'', having a broad stripe, and alludes to the two broad dorsal stripes present on this species.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q21225590 Geoplanidae Rhabditophora genera Worms of New Zealand