''Incapora'' 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 in the subfamily
Microplaninae
Microplaninae is a subfamily of land planarians.
Description
The subfamily Microplaninae was defined by Ogren and Kawakatsu (1988)Ogren, R. E. and Kawakatsu, M. (1988). ''Index to the species of the family Rhynchodemidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, ...
.
Description
Species of the genus ''Incapora'' are characterized by the presence of two ventral orifices that lead to the posterior branches of the gut. These intestinal branches also connect to the
copulatory apparatus by
anastomosis
An anastomosis (, plural anastomoses) is a connection or opening between two things (especially cavities or passages) that are normally diverging or branching, such as between blood vessels, leaf#Veins, leaf veins, or streams. Such a connection m ...
with the bursal canal.
Species
The genus ''Incapora'' contains only two species:
*''
Incapora anamallensis''
(de Beauchamp, 1930)
*''
Incapora weyrauchi''
Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1953
References
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Geoplanidae
Rhabditophora genera
Taxa named by Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus