Rhynchodemus
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''Rhynchodemus'' 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 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 physical force and the adhesive and digestive proper ...
in the tribe Rhynchodemini.


Description

Species of the genus ''Rhynchodemus'' are characterized by an elongate body that is attenuated at both ends, oval or round in cross section. The creeping sole occupies most of the ventral surface and the anterior end has two large eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a large chamber with folded epithelium in the male atrium, without a penis papilla.


Species

The genus ''Rhynchodemus'' includes the following species: * '' Rhynchodemus americanus'' Hyman, 1943 * '' Rhynchodemus angustus'' (Hyman, 1941) * '' Rhynchodemus aripensis'' Prudhoe, 1949 * '' Rhynchodemus blainvillei'' von Graff, 1899 * '' Rhynchodemus bromelicola'' de Beauchamp, 1912 * '' Rhynchodemus costaricensis'' de Beauchamp, 1913 * '' Rhynchodemus flavus'' Moseley, 1877 * '' Rhynchodemus fuscus'' Moseley, 1877 * '' Rhynchodemus graetzi'' du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1953 * '' Rhynchodemus hectori'' von Graff, 1897 * '' Rhynchodemus ijimai'' Kaburaki, 1922 * '' Rhynchodemus inopinatus'' (de Beauchamp, 1930) * '' Rhynchodemus marfa'' Marcus, 1953 * '' Rhynchodemus misus'' du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1965 * '' Rhynchodemus nematopsis'' (de Beauchamp, 1930) * '' Rhynchodemus oahuensis'' Hyman, 1939 * '' Rhynchodemus ochroleucus'' von Graff, 1899 * '' Rhynchodemus palnisius'' de Beauchamp, 1930 * '' Rhynchodemus piptus'' Marcus, 1952 * '' Rhynchodemus samperi'' Furhmann, 1912 * '' Rhynchodemus schmardai'' von Graff, 1899 * '' Rhynchodemus schubarti'' du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1955 * '' Rhynchodemus scius'' du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1955 * '' Rhynchodemus sumbawaeiensis'' (Hausler-Gamish, 1982) * '' Rhynchodemus sylvaticus'' (Leidy, 1851) * '' Rhynchodemus vejdovskyi'' von Graff, 1899


References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q18520673 Geoplanidae Rhabditophora genera