Othelosoma flavescens

Othelosoma flavescens, the yellowish flatworm, is a species of land planarian in the family Microplaninae endemic to South Africa.[1]

Othelosoma flavescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Tricladida
Family: Geoplanidae
Genus: Othelosoma
Species:
O. flavescens
Binomial name
Othelosoma flavescens
(Jameson, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Amblyplana flavescens Jameson, 1907
  • Artiocotylus flavescens (Jameson, 1907)

Description

Othelosoma flavescens generally reaches up to 55 mm long,[2] but when creeping, can reach 80 mm.[3] The dorsal side is a yellow color, and the ventral side is slightly paler. A brown midline on the dorsal side runs from the back end to around 6–8 mm from the front. The creeping sole is a whitish color.[3][2]

References
  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Othelosoma flavescens (Jameson, 1907)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
  2. H. D. Jones (2004) A new species of land planarian (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Terricola: Rhynchodemidae) from South Africa, with a list of African terrestrial planarian species. African Zoology, 39:1, 31-40, doi:10.1080/15627020.2004.11407283.
  3. Jameson, H. L. (1907). Some Natal Land Planarians. Add. pap. Brit. and South Afr. Ass. Rep., Vol III, pp. 27-39, t. 1-3, London, 1907.


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