''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
''Rhynchodemus'' is a genus of land planarians 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 s ...
''
(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
''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 ...
''
(Leidy, 1851)
* ''
Rhynchodemus vejdovskyi
''Rhynchodemus'' is a genus of land planarians 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 s ...
''
von Graff, 1899
References
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Geoplanidae
Rhabditophora genera