Imbira

Imbira is a genus of land planarians from South America.

Imbira
Imbira guaiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Platyhelminthes
Class:
Turbellaria/Rhabditophora
Order:
Tricladida
Suborder:
Continenticola
Family:
Geoplanidae
Subfamily:
Geoplaninae
Genus:
Imbira

Carbayo et al., 2013
Type species
Notogynaphallia guaiana
Leal-Zanchet & Carbayo, 2001

Description

The genus Imibira is characterized by having a large, slender and flat body with parallel margins, reaching up to 14 cm in length. The eyes are arranged along the body margins, not occupying the dorsum. In comparison to other genera, the body has an additional layer of longitudinal muscles dorsally and ventrally to the intestine. The copulatory apparatus lacks a permanent penis, i. e., the penis is formed during copulation by folds in the male cavity. The female cavity is rounded and filled with a multilayered epithelium.[1]

Etymology

Imbira is a word in the Tupi language that refers to a strip of bark peeled off from certain trees.

Species

There are four species assigned to the genus Imbira:[2] [3]

  • Imbira flanovigra Amaral & Leal-Zanchet, 2018
  • Imbira guaiana (Leal-Zanchet & Carbayo, 2001)
  • Imbira marcusi Carbayo et al., 2013
  • Imbira negrita Negrete & Brusa, 2017

References
  1. Carbayo, F.; Álvarez-Presas, M.; Olivares, C. U. T.; Marques, F. P. L.; Froehlich, E. X. M.; Riutort, M. (2013). "Molecular phylogeny of Geoplaninae (Platyhelminthes) challenges current classification: Proposal of taxonomic actions". Zoologica Scripta. 42 (5): 508. doi:10.1111/zsc.12019.
  2. Negrete, Lisandro; Brusa, Francisco (2017). "Increasing diversity of land planarians (Platyhelminthes: Geoplanidae) in the Interior Atlantic Forest with the description of two new species and new records from Argentina". Zootaxa. 4362 (1): 99. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4362.1.5. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 29245445.
  3. Amaral, Silvana V.; Ribeiro, Giovana G.; Müller, Mário J.; Valiati, Victor H.; Leal-Zanchet, Ana (2018). "Tracking the diversity of the flatworm genus Imbira (Platyhelminthes) in the Atlantic Forest". Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 18: 87–99. doi:10.1007/s13127-018-0358-6. ISSN 1439-6092.
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