Microplaninae
Subfamily of flatworms
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Microplaninae is a subfamily of land planarians.[1]
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| Microplana sp. | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Family: | Geoplanidae |
| Subfamily: | Microplaninae Pantin, 1953 |
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Description
The subfamily Microplaninae was defined by Ogren and Kawakatsu (1988)[2] for land planarians with a short and cylindroid form, an anterior end that is blunt, eyes often small and subepithelial musculature weak. The male copulatory apparatus is often complicated and has a well-developed penis. The female apparatus is very variable, with or without a seminal bursa and with or without a connection with the intestine.
It was originally considered, based on morphological evidence, to be the sister group of the subfamily Rhynchodeminae.[2] However, recent phylogenetic analyses indicated that both subfamilies are not closely related.[3]
Genera
Eight genera of Microplaninae are known:[1]
- Diporodemus Hyman, 1938
- Geobenazzia Minelli, 1974
- Incapora Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1953
- Microplana Vejdowsky, 1890
- Othelosoma Grey, 1869
- Pseudartiocotylus Ikeda, 1911
- Statomicroplana Kawakatsu, Froehlich, Jones, Ogren & Sasaki, 2003
Phylogeny
Phylogenetic tree including the land planarian subfamilies after Álvarez-Presas et al., 2008.[3] Note that Spathula and Romankenkius belong to the Dugesiidae family:
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