Geoplana cambara
Geoplana cambara is a species of land planarian belonging to the subfamily Geoplaninae.[1] It is found in areas of the Atlantic Forest within Saint-Hilaire/Lange National Park in Brazil.[2]
| Geoplana cambara | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Family: | Geoplanidae |
| Genus: | Geoplana |
| Species: | G. cambara |
| Binomial name | |
| Geoplana cambara Ana Laura Almeida, Fernando P.L.Marques & Fernando Carbayo, 2019 | |
Description
Geoplana cambara is a flatworm around 43 mm in length and 3.5 mm in width. The body is elongate and has parallel margins; the front tip is rounded and the back tip is pointed. The dorsal side has an orange band running down the middle, which is flanked on each side by a thin black stripe. A broader white stripe borders this, which is in turn bordered by a black line. This line is flanked by a gray band mottled with white, which is bordered by a marginal black line. The ventral side is a cream color with black margins.[2]
Along with its coloration, it can be distinguished from other members of Geoplana by a loose muscular tube of parenchymal fibres around the intestine, and a muscular cylinder surrounding the ejaculatory duct with a diameter 12 times that of the duct.[2]
Etymology
The specific epithet, cambara, is derived from the name of a river flowing near the type locality.[2]
References
- "Geoplana cambara Ana Laura Almeida, Fernando P.L.Marques & Fernando Carbayo, 2019". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
- Ana Laura Almeida and others, ‘Endless forms most beautiful’: taxonomic revision of the planarian Geoplana vaginuloides (Darwin, 1844) and discovery of numerous congeners (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 185, Issue 1, January 2019, Pages 1–65. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zly022