Microplaninae
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Microplaninae[1]
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Microplaninae is a subfamily of land planarians.
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Description
The subfamily Microplaninae was defined by Ogren and Kawakatsu (1988)[2] for land planarians with a short and cylindroid form, anterior end blunt, eyes often small and subepithelial musculature weak. The male copulatory apparatus is often complicated and has a well-developed penis. The female apparatus is very variable, with or without a seminal bursa and with or without a connection with the intestine.
It was originally considered, based on morphological evidence, to be the sister group of the subfamily Rhynchodeminae.[2] However, recent phylogenetic analyses indicated that both subfamilies are not closely related.[3]
Genera
Eight genera of Microplaninae are known:[1]
- Amblyplana von Graff, 1896
- Diporodemus Hyman, 1938
- Geobenazzia Minelli, 1974
- Incapora Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1953
- Microplana Vejdowsky, 1890
- Othelosoma Grey, 1869
- Pseudartiocotylus Ikeda, 1911
- Statomicroplana Kawakatsu, Froehlich, Jones, Ogren & Sasaki, 2003
Phylogeny
Phylogenetic tree including the land planarian subfamilies after Álvarez-Presas et al., 2008.[3] Note that Spathula and Romankenkius belong to the Dugesiidae family:
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References
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ogren, R. E. and Kawakatsu, M. (1988). Index to the species of the family Rhynchodemidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part I: Rhynchodeminae. Bulletin of Fujis Women's College. 26: 39-91.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
