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Issue: Vol. 2422 No. 1: 9 Apr. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-04-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2422.1.4
Page range: 43–52
Abstract views: 43
PDF downloaded: 1

A new Peruvian land planarian species of the genus Gigantea (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Geoplanidae)

CONICET. División Zoología Invertebrados, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Paseo del Bosque s/n. 1900. La Plata, Argentina
CONICET. División Zoología Invertebrados, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Paseo del Bosque s/n. 1900. La Plata, Argentina
Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades, Universidade de São Paulo. São Paulo, Brazil
Platyhelminthes Flatworm terrestrial fauna Continenticola Neotropical Region Peru very dorsal testes

Abstract

A new species of Geoplaninae land planarian from south Peru, Gigantea urubambensis sp. nov., is described. The most outstanding features of the new species are the very dorsal location of the testes, between the dorsal diagonal and the supra-intestinal parenchymatic muscle layers; a penis papilla projecting from the roof of the male atrium and acentrally traversed by the ejaculatory duct; and the absence of glandular ridges on the penis papilla.

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