Fletchamia
Fletchamia is a genus of land planarians from Australia.
| Fletchamia | |
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| Fletchamia sugdeni | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Family: | Geoplanidae |
| Tribe: | Caenoplanini |
| Genus: | Fletchamia Winsor, 1991 |
| Type species | |
| Geoplana quinquelineata J. J. Fletcher & A. G. Hamilton, 1888 | |
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:
- Fletchamia dakini (Dendy, 1915)
- Fletchamia flavilineata (Dendy, 1915)
- Fletchamia fuscodorsalis (Steel, 1901)
- Fletchamia mediolineata (Dendy, 1891)
- Fletchamia mmahoni (Dendy, 1891)
- Fletchamia quinquelineata (J. J. Fletcher & A. G. Hamilton, 1888)
- Fletchamia sugdeni (Dendy, 1891)
References
- Winsor, L. (1991). "A provisional classification of Australian terrestrial geoplanid flatworms (Tricladida: Terricola: Geoplanidae)". Victorian Naturalist. 108 (2): 42–49. BHL