''Statomicroplana'' is a genus 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 of the subfamily
Microplaninae. It was erected to include species lacking sufficient morphological information to allow them to be classified in the appropriate genus.
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Taxonomy
Many species of land planarians described during the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century were classified based solely on external characters. Currently, land planarian genera are highly based on internal anatomy, especially the anatomy of the
copulatory apparatus. As a result, species with old descriptions that were never redescribed, so that their internal anatomy remains unknown, cannot be assigned to the correct genus. Thus, the genus ''Statomicroplana'' was erected to temporarily accommodate species of the subfamily Microplaninae whose anatomy of the copulatory apparatus is still unknown.
Species
The genus ''Statomicroplana'' currently contains the following species:
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Statomicroplana capensis''
(Graff, 1899)
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Statomicroplana cockerelli''
(Graff, 1899)
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Statomicroplana ehrenbergi''
(Graff, 1899)
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Statomicroplana flavum''
(Moseley, 1877)
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Statomicroplana fuliginea''
(Graff, 1899)
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Statomicroplana fuscum
''Statomicroplana'' is a genus 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 ...
''
(Moseley, 1877)
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Statomicroplana gebavoeltzkowi''
(Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1988)
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Statomicroplana haeckeli''
(Graff, 1899)
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Statomicroplana knysensis''
(Graff, 1899)
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Statomicroplana kuekenthali''
(Mell, 1903)
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Statomicroplana pyrenaica
''Statomicroplana'' is a genus of land planarians of the subfamily Microplaninae. It was erected to include species lacking sufficient morphological information to allow them to be classified in the appropriate genus.
Taxonomy
Many species o ...
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(Graff, 1893)
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Statomicroplana ruteocephala''
(Kaburaki, 1922)
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Statomicroplana teres''
(Graff, 1899)
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Statomicroplana tetracladea''
(Wilczysnki, 1920)
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Statomicroplana zenkeri''
(Graff, 1899)
References
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Geoplanidae
Rhabditophora genera