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Rhynchodemini

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Geoplanidae

Phylum
  
Platyhelminthes

Order
  
Tricladida

Class
  
Rhabditophora

Subfamily
  
Rhynchodeminae

Rank
  
Tribe

Rhynchodemini

Similar
  
Microplaninae, Bipaliinae, Geoplaninae, Geoplanidae, Platydemus manokwari

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

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Descripition

The tribe Rhynchodemini is defined as containing land planarians with an elongate, cylindroid form, two eyes near the anterior end and strong subepithelial musculature in which the longitudinal fibers are grouped into large bundles. The copulatory apparatus lacks a penis papilla or has it greatly reduced.

Genera

The tribe Rhynchodemini contains six genera:

  • Anisorhynchodemus Kawakatsu, Froehlich, Jones, Ogren & Sasaki, 2003
  • Cotyloplana Spencer, 1892
  • Digonopyla Fischer, 1926
  • Dolichoplana Moseley, 1877
  • Platydemus von Graff, 1896
  • Rhynchodemus Leidy, 1851
  • References

    Rhynchodemini Wikipedia