Newzealandia

Newzealandia
Newzealandia iris
Newzealandia exulans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Order:	Tricladida
Family:	Geoplanidae
Tribe:	Caenoplanini
Genus:	Newzealandia Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1991
Type species
Geoplana inaequabilis Fyfe, 1956

Newzealandia is a genus of land planarians from New Zealand.

Description

Species of the genus Newzealandia are characterized by a copulatory apparatus that lacks a penis papilla and has a series of accessory glands embedded into the wall of the atrial cavity. ^[1] Those glands are similar to the adenodactyls found in the closely related genus Artioposthia , the main difference being that adenodactyls project into the atrial cavity. ^[2]

Etymology

The name Newzealandia comes from New Zealand, the country in which the species of the genus are found.

Species

The genus Newzealandia includes the following species:

• Newzealandia agricola (Dendy, 1895)
• Newzealandia graffii (Dendy, 1895)
• Newzealandia inaequabilis (Fyfe, 1956)
• Newzealandia inequalistriata (Dendy, 1895)
• Newzealandia iris (Dendy, 1896)
• Newzealandia moseleyi (Hutton, 1880)

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. doi:10.1080/002229399300308. ISSN   0022-2933.