Platydemus

Platydemus
Platydemus manokwari , head is on the right.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Order:	Tricladida
Family:	Geoplanidae
Tribe:	Rhynchodemini
Genus:	Platydemus von Graff, 1896
Type species
Rhynchodemus grandis Spencer, 1892

Platydemus is a genus of large predatory land planarians in the tribe Rhynchodemini.

Platydemus manokwari, invasive in Florida, USA

Description

Species of the genus Platydemus are characterized by a massive, slightly convex body with a broad creeping sole and very large eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a large chamber with folded epithelium in the male atrium, usually with a small penis. ^[1]

Species

The genus Platydemus includes the following species:

• Platydemus bivittatus von Graff, 1899
• Platydemus fasciatus (Spencer, 1892)
• Platydemus grandis (Spencer, 1892)
• Platydemus joliveti de Beauchamp, 1972
• Platydemus lividus von Graff, 1899
• Platydemus longibulbus de Beauchamp, 1972
• Platydemus macrophthalmus von Graff, 1899
• Platydemus manokwari de Beauchamp, 1963 – "New Guinea flatworm" ^{[2] [3]}
• Platydemus pindaudei de Beauchamp, 1972
• Platydemus tabatteldii Graff, 1899
• Platydemus vanheurni de Beauchamp, 1929
• Platydemus victoriae (Dendy, 1890)
• Platydemus zimmermanni de Beauchamp, 1952

References

1. Ogren, R. E.; Kawakatsu, M. (1988). "Index to the species of the family Rhynchodemidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part I: Rhynchodeminae". Bulletin of Fujis Women's College. 26: 39–91.
2. Justine, Jean-Lou; Winsor, Leigh; Gey, Delphine; Gros, Pierre; Thévenot, Jessica (2014). "The invasive New Guinea flatworm Platydemus manokwari in France, the first record for Europe: time for action is now". PeerJ. 2 e297. doi: 10.7717/peerj.297 . PMC   3961122 . PMID   24688873.
3. Justine, Jean-Lou; Winsor, Leigh; Barrière, Patrick; Fanai, Crispus; Gey, Delphine; Han, Andrew Wee Kien; La Quay-Velázquez, Giomara; Lee, Benjamin Paul Yi-Hann; Lefevre, Jean-Marc; Meyer, Jean-Yves; Philippart, David; Robinson, David G.; Thévenot, Jessica; Tsatsia, Francis (2015). "The invasive land planarianPlatydemus manokwari(Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae): records from six new localities, including the first in the USA". PeerJ. 3 e1037. doi: 10.7717/peerj.1037 . ISSN   2167-8359. PMC   4485254 . PMID   26131377.