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 subepithelial musculature in which the longitudinal fibers are grouped into large bundles. The
copulatory apparatus lacks a penis papilla or has it greatly reduced.
Genera
The tribe Rhynchodemini contains six genera:
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Anisorhynchodemus''
Kawakatsu, Froehlich, Jones, Ogren & Sasaki, 2003
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Cotyloplana''
Spencer, 1892
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Digonopyla''
Fischer, 1926
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Dolichoplana''
Moseley, 1877
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Platydemus
''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 ...
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von Graff, 1896
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Rhynchodemus
''Rhynchodemus'' is a genus of land planarians
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 ph ...
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Leidy, 1851
References
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Geoplanidae