Arthurdendyus

Arthurdendyus
Arthurdendyus triangulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Rhabditophora
Order: Tricladida
Suborder: Continenticola
Family: Geoplanidae
Subfamily: Rhynchodeminae
Tribe: Caenoplanini
Genus: Arthurdendyus
Jones & Gerard, 1999
Type species
Geoplana triangulata
Dendy, 1896

Arthurdendyus is a genus of land planarians from New Zealand.

Description

Species of Arthurdendyus are characterized by a bell-shaped pharynx and ovaries placed laterally to the male copulatory apparatus, while most land planarians species have ovaries located much more anteriorly, usually close to the brain or to the pharynx. Other characteristic shared with closely related genera, such as Artioposthia and Newzealandia, is the presence of adenodactyls in the copulatory apparatus.[1]

Etymology

The name Arthurdendyus honors the English zoologist Arthur Dendy who described many land planarians from Australia and New Zealand.

Species

The genus Arthurdendyus includes the following species:

References

  1. Jones, H. D. (1999). "A new genus and species of terrestrial planarian (Platyhelminthes; Tricladida; Terricola) from Scotland, and an emendation of the genus Artioposthia". Journal of Natural History. 33 (3): 387–394. doi:10.1080/002229399300308. ISSN 0022-2933.
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