Imbira guaiana
| Imbira guaiana | |
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| Imbira guaiana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Rhabditophora |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Suborder: | Continenticola |
| Family: | Geoplanidae |
| Subfamily: | Geoplaninae |
| Genus: | Imbira |
| Species: | I. guaiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Imbira guaiana (Leal-Zanchet & Carbayo, 2001) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Notogynaphallia guaiana Leal-Zanchet & Carbayo, 2001 | |
Imbira guaiana is a species of Brazilian land planarian in the subfamily Geoplaninae. It is the type species of the genus Imbira.[1]
Description
Imbira guaiana is a medium-sized land planarian with an elongate body reaching up to 145 millimetres (5.7 in) in length and 3 millimetres (0.12 in) in width while crawling. Its dorsal surface has a greyish-olive color and the ventral side is yellowish-olive. The numerous small eyes are arranged long the body margins from the anterior to the posterior tip.[2]
Etymology
The specific epithet guaiana refers to the Kaingang people (also known as guainás or guaianos) that in the past inhabited the region where the species is found.[2]
Distribution
The only known place of occurrence of I. guaiana is the São Francisco de Paula National Forest in southern Brazil.[3]
References
- ↑ Carbayo, Fernando; Álvarez-Presas, Marta; Olivares, Cláudia T.; Marques, Fernando P. L.; Froehlich, Eudóxia M.; Riutort, Marta (2013). "Molecular phylogeny of Geoplaninae (Platyhelminthes) challenges current classification: proposal of taxonomic actions". Zoologica Scripta. 42 (5): 508–528. doi:10.1111/zsc.12019. ISSN 0300-3256.
- 1 2 Leal-Zanchet, Ana Maria; Carbayo, Fernando (2001). "Two new species of Geoplanidae (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Terricola) of south Brazil". Journal of Zoology. 253 (4): 433–446. doi:10.1017/S0952836901000401. ISSN 0952-8369.
- ↑ Carbayo, Fernando; Froehlich, Eudóxia Maria (2008). "Estado do conhecimento dos macroturbelários (Platyhelminthes) do Brasil". Biota Neotropica (in Portuguese). 8 (4): 177–197. doi:10.1590/S1676-06032008000400018. ISSN 1676-0603.
