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Anzoplanini

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Rhabditophora

Family
  
Geoplanidae

Rank
  
Tribe

Phylum
  
Platyhelminthes

Order
  
Tricladida

Subfamily
  
Rhynchodeminae

Anzoplanini

Anzoplanini is a tribe of land planarians in the subfamily Rhynchodeminae.

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Descripition

The tribe Anzoplanini contains land planarians with dorsoventral testes, a condition that in land planarians is considered intermediate between a primitive ventral condition and a derivate dorsal condition. The mesenchymal musculature contains longitudinal fibers forming either a ventral plate or a ring around the intestine.

Genera

Currently, the tribe Anzoplanini comprises the following genera:

  • Anzoplana Winsor, 2006
  • Marionfyfea Winsor, 2011 (replacement name for Fyfea Winsor, 2006, preoccupied)
  • References

    Anzoplanini Wikipedia