Artioposthia

Artioposthia
Artioposthia glandulosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Order:	Tricladida
Family:	Geoplanidae
Tribe:	Caenoplanini
Genus:	Artioposthia von Graff, 1896
Type species
Geoplana fletcheri Dendy, 1891

Artioposthia is a genus of land planarians from the Australasian and Indo-Pacific countries. Several species have also been introduced in Europe.

Description

Species of Artioposthia are characterized by a cylindrical pharynx and ovaries placed anteriorly to the male copulatory apparatus, close to the brain or to the pharynx. The copulatory apparatus has a series of paired glandular organs called adenodactyls. ^[1]

Artioposthia is very similar to the closely related genus Arthurdendyus , the main difference being the position of the ovaries and the shape of the pharynx. ^[2]

Species

The genus Artioposthia includes the following species:

• Artioposthia adelaidensis (Dendy, 1892)
• Artioposthia civis Cardale, 1941
• Artioposthia diemenensis (Dendy, 1894)
• Artioposthia dovei (Steel, 1900)
• Artioposthia exulans (Dendy, 1901)
• Artioposthia fletcheri(Dendy, 1891)
• Artioposthia garveyi (Dendy, 1901)
• Artioposthia glandulosa Fyfe, 1956
• Artioposthia harrisoni Wood, 1926
• Artioposthia howesi (Dendy, 1901)
• Artioposthia japonica Kaburakki, 1922
• Artioposthia mariae (Dendy, 1895)
• Artioposthia polyadoides Fyfe, 1956
• Artioposthia subquadrangulata (Dendy, 1895)
• Artioposthia suteri (Dendy, 1897)
• Artioposthia warragulensis (Graff, 1899)

References

1. Ogren, R. E.; Kawakatsu, M. (1991). "Index to the species of the family Geoplanidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part II: Caenoplaninae and Pelmatoplaninae". Bulletin of Fujis Women's College. 29: 35–58.
2. 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. Bibcode:1999JNatH..33..387J. doi:10.1080/002229399300308. ISSN   0022-2933.