Fletchamia

Fletchamia is a genus of land planarians from Australia.

Fletchamia
Fletchamia sugdeni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Tricladida
Family: Geoplanidae
Tribe: Caenoplanini
Genus: Fletchamia
Winsor, 1991
Type species
Geoplana quinquelineata

Description

The genus Fletchamia is characterized by having an elongate and subcylindrical body with a creeping sole that occupies from 50 to 70% of the body with. The eyes form a single row around the anterior tip, are crowded antero-laterally and continue posteriorly in two to three staggered rows. The parenchymal musculature is weak and includes a loose ring zone of circulo-oblique fibers and a weak ventral plate of longitudinal fibers. The copulatory apparatus lacks a permanent penis, but some species may have a rudimentary penis papilla. The female atrium communicates posteriorly with a diverticulum.[1]

Etymology

The name Fletchamia is a portmanteau of the surnames of Joseph James Fletcher (Fletc-) and Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton (-hami-) and commemorates their contributions to the knowledge of Australian land planarians.[1]

Species

The genus Fletchamia includes the following species:

References

  1. Winsor, L. (1991). "A provisional classification of Australian terrestrial geoplanid flatworms (Tricladida: Terricola: Geoplanidae)". Victorian Naturalist. 108 (2): 42–49. BHL
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