Cratera viridimaculata

Cratera viridimaculata is a species of land planarian from Argentina.

Cratera viridimaculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Platyhelminthes
Class:
Rhabditophora
Order:
Tricladida
Suborder:
Continenticola
Family:
Geoplanidae
Subfamily:
Geoplaninae
Genus:
Cratera
Species:
C. viridimaculata
Binomial name
Cratera viridimaculata
Negrete & Brusa, 2016

Description

Cratera viridimaculata is a medium-sized land planarian with a lanceolate body, reaching about 50 millimetres (2.0 in) in length. The color of the dorsum is light olive green covered with dark gray fine spots. The ventral side is whitish and the margins on both dorsal and ventral sides are gray.[1]

The several eyes of C. viridimaculata are distributed marginally in the first millimeters of the body and posteriorly become dorsal, occupying around 30% of the body width just before the region of the pharynx.[1]

Etymology

The specific epithet viridimaculata comes from Latin viridis, green + maculata, spotted, and refers to the dorsal pigmentation of the body.[1]

Distribution

Cratera viridimaculata is found in the Interior Atlantic Forest, Misiones province, Argentina, an area covered by subtropical forests. It occurs in two natural reserves, the Esmeralda Provincial Park and the San Antonio Strict Nature Reserve.[1]

References
  1. Negrete, Lisandro; Brusa, Francisco (2016). "First report of the genus Cratera (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae) in Argentina, with description of a new species and comments on the species of the genus". ZooKeys. 610: 1–12. doi:10.3897/zookeys.610.9465. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 4992809. PMID 27587974.
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