Platydemus | |
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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.
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]
The genus Platydemus includes the following species: