Amaga expatria
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| Amaga expatria | |
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| Amaga expatria from La Martinique | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Family: | Geoplanidae |
| Genus: | Amaga |
| Species: | A. expatria |
| Binomial name | |
| Amaga expatria Jones & Sterrer, 2005 [1] | |
Amaga expatria is a large species of land planarian in the subfamily Geoplaninae.
Amaga expatria is a large species, reaching 132 mm in length and 9 mm in width in extended state. The dorsal colour is mid-brown with a dark brown anterior tip, with two narrow dark blue lines dorsally along the anterior third.[1][2] It looks a bit like, in colour and shape, "a banana cut lengthwise".[3]
Etymology
According to the authors of the taxon, the specific epithet "is based on ex patria = expatriate, meaning away from one's native country, recognising that this worm, like much of the present biota of Bermuda including humans, originated elsewhere."[1]
Distribution
Amaga expatria has been found in the Bermuda and in two islands of the Caribbean, Martinique and Guadeloupe.[1][2] The species is abundant in Guadeloupe and Martinique.[3]
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