| Diporodemus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Family: | Geoplanidae |
| Subfamily: | Microplaninae |
| Genus: | Diporodemus Hyman, 1938 |
| Type species | |
| Diporodemus yucatani Hyman, 1938 | |
Diporodemus is a genus of land planarians found in the Americas. [1]
The genus Diporodemus is characterized by the copulatory apparatus having a large seminal bursa (or bursa copulatrix) connected to the vagina by a canal, called Beauchamp's canal. This bursa also opens to the exterior by a canal and a pore situated behind the common gonopore. [2]
Currently, there are 5 species assigned to the genus Diporodemus:
Bipalium is a genus of large predatory land planarians. They are often loosely called "hammerhead worms" or "broadhead planarians" because of the distinctive shape of their head region. Land planarians are unique in that they possess a "creeping sole", a highly ciliated region on the ventral epidermis that helps them to creep over the substrate. Several species are considered as invasive to the United States and to Europe. Some studies have begun the investigation of the evolutionary ecology of these invasive planarians.
Microplaninae is a subfamily of land planarians.
Luteostriata is a genus of land planarians from Brazil characterized by a yellow body with dark longitudinal stripes.
Geoplana is a genus of land planarians found in South America.
Notogynaphallia is a genus of land planarians from South America.
Rhynchodemini is a tribe of land planarians in the subfamily Rhynchodeminae.
Robert Edward Ogren was an American zoologist.
Eudóxia Maria Froehlich was a Brazilian zoologist.
Amaga is a genus of land planarians from South America.
Gigantea is a genus of land planarians from the Neotropical realm.
Othelosoma is a genus of land planarians found in Africa and India.
Liana is a genus of land planarians. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Liana guasa, which occurs in Chile.
Rhynchodemus is a genus of land planarians in the tribe Rhynchodemini.
Cotyloplana is a genus of land planarians in the tribe Rhynchodemini.
Novibipalium is a genus of land planarians of the subfamily Bipaliinae.
Geobenazzia is a genus of land planarians that currently contains a single species, Geobenazzia tyrrhenica, found in Elba, Italy.
Incapora is a genus of land planarians in the subfamily Microplaninae.
Statomicroplana is a genus of land planarians of the subfamily Microplaninae. It was erected to include species lacking sufficient morphological information to allow them to be classified in the appropriate genus.
Pseudartiocotylus is a genus of land planarians that currently contains a single species, Pseudartiocotylus ceylonicus, found in Namunukula, Sri Lanka.
Pelmatoplana is a genus of land planarians in the tribe Pelmatoplanini.
