| Amaga expatria | |
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| Amaga expatria from La Martinique | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Family: | Geoplanidae |
| Genus: | Amaga |
| Species: | A. expatria |
| Binomial name | |
| Amaga expatria Jones & Sterrer, 2005 [1] | |
Amaga expatria is a large species of land planarian in the subfamily Geoplaninae.
Amaga expatria is a large species, reaching 132 mm in length and 9 mm in width in extended state. The dorsal colour is mid-brown with a dark brown anterior tip, with two narrow dark blue lines dorsally along the anterior third. [1] [2] It looks a bit like, in colour and shape, "a banana cut lengthwise". [3]
According to the authors of the taxon, the specific epithet "is based on ex patria = expatriate, meaning away from one's native country, recognising that this worm, like much of the present biota of Bermuda including humans, originated elsewhere." [1]
Amaga expatria has been found in the Bermuda and in two islands of the Caribbean, Martinique and Guadeloupe. [1] [2] The species is abundant in Guadeloupe and Martinique. [3]
As other land flatworms, this animal is a predator of other small animals. The prey of Amaga expatria include molluscs and earthworms. [2]
The complete mitogenome of Amaga expatria was described in 2020. It is 14,962 bp in length and contains 12 protein coding genes, two rRNA genes and 22 tRNA genes. [2]
