Imbira guaiana
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| Imbira guaiana | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Family: | Geoplanidae |
| Genus: | Imbira |
| Species: | I. guaiana |
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| Imbira guaiana (Leal-Zanchet & Carbayo, 2001) | |
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Imbira guaiana is a species of land planarian in the subfamily Geoplaninae. It is the type species of the genus Imbira and is found in Brazil.[1]
Imbira guaiana is a medium-sized land planarian with an elongate body reaching up to 145 millimetres (5.7 in) in length and 3 millimetres (0.12 in) in width while crawling. Its dorsal surface has a greyish-olive color and the ventral side is yellowish-olive. The numerous small eyes are arranged long the body margins from the anterior to the posterior tip.[2]
