Marionfyfea
| Marionfyfea | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Rhabditophora |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Suborder: | Continenticola |
| Family: | Geoplanidae |
| Subfamily: | Rhynchodeminae |
| Tribe: | Anzoplanini |
| Genus: | Marionfyfea Winsor, 2011 |
| Type species | |
| Artioposthia carnleyi Fyfe, 1953 | |
Marionfyfea is a genus of land planarians from Antarctic Islands off New Zealand.[1] However, a species has been described from specimens found in Europe, probaby introduced.[2]
Etymology
According to Leigh Winsor (2006, 2011),[1][3] the name Marionfyfea honors Marion Fyfe (1894–1986), for "her pioneering taxonomic anatomical work on the Terricola of New Zealand". The genus was first described as Fyfea Winsor 2006,[1] which was preoccupied, then changed to Marionfyfea Winsor, 2011.[3]
Species
The genus Marionfyfea includes the following species:
- Marionfyfea carnleyi (Fyfe, 1953) Winsor, 2011 [3]
- Marionfyfea adventor Jones & Sluys, 2016 [2]
References
- 1 2 3 Winsor, L. (2006). New and revised terrestrial flatworm taxa (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Terricola) of Australia and the Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand. Tuhinga: Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 17, 81-104. PDF
- 1 2 Jones, Hugh D.; Sluys, Ronald (2016). "A new terrestrial planarian species of the genus Marionfyfea (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida) found in Europe". Journal of Natural History: 1–18. doi:10.1080/00222933.2016.1208907. ISSN 0022-2933.
- 1 2 3 Winsor, L. (2011). Some terrestrial flatworm taxa (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Continenticola) of the Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand. Tuhinga: Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 22, 161-169. PDF
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