''Liana'' is a
genus
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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. It is
monotypic
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, being represented by the single species ''Liana guasa'', which occurs in Chile.
Description
''Liana'' was defined as land planarians with a broad and elongated body. The cutaneous musculature is strong dorsally and weak ventrally, where it is partially sunk into the mesenchyma. The sensory border has rare and minute sensory pits restricted to the anterior tip. The
copulatory apparatus has a short and blunt penis papilla and the female canal enters the genital antrum ventrally.
References
{{Taxonbar, from1=Q1820044, from2=Q18585151
Geoplanidae
Animals described in 1978