Bogga

Bogga
	Bogga bogotensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Rhabditophora
Order:	Tricladida
Suborder:	Continenticola
Family:	Geoplanidae
Subfamily:	Geoplaninae
Genus:	Bogga; Grau & Sluys, 2012
Species:	B. bogotensis
Binomial name
	Bogga bogotensis; (von Graff, 1899)
Synonyms
	Geoplana bogotensis von Graff, 1899; Amaga bogotensis Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1990; Pseudogeoplana bogotensis Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1992;

Bogga is a genus of land planarians from South America, currently comprising a single species, Bogga bogotensis, which occurs in Bogotá, Colombia.

Description

Species of Bogga have a large and broad, flat body. The copulatory apparatus lacks a permanent penis, but the male atrium is lined by multiple musculo-glandular papillae. The ovovitelline ducts enter the female atrium at the same time, without joining to form a common duct.[1]

Etymology

The name Bogga is a portmanteau of the specific epithet of the type species, bogotensis, and Amaga, another genus in the same subfamily in which the species was previously classified.[1]

References

Grau, José Horacio; Sluys, Ronald; Froehlich, Eudóxia Maria; Carbayo, Fernando (2012). "Reflections on the genus Amaga Ogren and Kawakatsu 1990, and description of a new genus of land planarian (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Geoplanidae)". Journal of Natural History. 46 (25–26): 1529–1546. doi:10.1080/00222933.2012.691996. ISSN 0022-2933.

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[GrauSluys2012-1] Grau, José Horacio; Sluys, Ronald; Froehlich, Eudóxia Maria; Carbayo, Fernando (2012). "Reflections on the genus Amaga Ogren and Kawakatsu 1990, and description of a new genus of land planarian (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Geoplanidae)". Journal of Natural History. 46 (25–26): 1529–1546. doi:10.1080/00222933.2012.691996. ISSN 0022-2933.