Statomicroplana

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.[1]

Statomicroplana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Platyhelminthes
Class:
Rhabditophora
Order:
Tricladida
Suborder:
Continenticola
Family:
Geoplanidae
Subfamily:
Microplaninae
Genus:
Statomicroplana

Kawakatsu, Froehlich, Jones, Ogren & Sasaki, 2003

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.[1]

Species

The genus Statomicroplana currently contains the following species:

References
  1. Kawakatsu, Masaharu; Froehlich, Eudóxia M.; Jones, Hugh D.; Ogren, Robert E.; Sasaki, Gen-Yu (2003). "Additions and corrections to the previous land planarian indices of the world (Turbellaria, Seriata, Tricladida, Terricola)". Bulletin of Fujis Women's University. 41: 89–114.
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