''Platydemus'' 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 large

predatory Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill th ...

land planarians in the tribe

Rhynchodemini Rhynchodemini is a tribe of land planarians in the subfamily Rhynchodeminae. Description The tribe Rhynchodemini is defined as containing land planarians with an elongate, cylindroid form, two eyes near the anterior end and strong subepithelia ...

Platydemus manokwari in Florida PeerJ2015 fig-1-full

Description

Species of the genus ''Platydemus'' are characterized by a massive, slightly convex body with a broad creeping sole and very large eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a large chamber with folded epithelium in the male atrium, usually with a small penis.

Species

The genus ''Platydemus'' includes the following species: * '' Platydemus bivittatus'' von Graff, 1899 * '' Platydemus fasciatus'' (Spencer, 1892) * ''

Platydemus grandis ''Platydemus'' is a genus of large predatory land planarians in the tribe Rhynchodemini. Description Species of the genus ''Platydemus'' are characterized by a massive, slightly convex body with a broad creeping sole and very large eyes. Th ...

'' (Spencer, 1892) * ''

Platydemus joliveti ''Platydemus'' is a genus of large predatory land planarians in the tribe Rhynchodemini. Description Species of the genus ''Platydemus'' are characterized by a massive, slightly convex body with a broad creeping sole and very large eyes. Th ...

'' de Beauchamp, 1972 * '' Platydemus lividus'' von Graff, 1899 * '' Platydemus longibulbus'' de Beauchamp, 1972 * '' Platydemus macrophthalmus'' von Graff, 1899 * ''

Platydemus manokwari ''Platydemus manokwari'', also known as the New Guinea flatworm, is a species of large predatory land flatworm. Native to New Guinea, it has been accidentally introduced to the soil of many countries, including the United States. It was als ...

'' de Beauchamp, 1963 – "New Guinea flatworm" * '' Platydemus pindaudei'' de Beauchamp, 1972 * '' Platydemus vanheurni'' de Beauchamp, 1929 * ''

Platydemus victoriae ''Platydemus'' is a genus of large predatory land planarians in the tribe Rhynchodemini. Description Species of the genus ''Platydemus'' are characterized by a massive, slightly convex body with a broad creeping sole and very large eyes. Th ...

'' (Dendy, 1890) * ''

Platydemus zimmermanni ''Platydemus'' is a genus of large predatory land planarians in the tribe Rhynchodemini. Description Species of the genus ''Platydemus'' are characterized by a massive, slightly convex body with a broad creeping sole and very large eyes. Th ...

'' de Beauchamp, 1952

References

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