Platydemus
Genus of flatworms
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Platydemus is a genus of large predatory land planarians in the tribe Rhynchodemini.
| Platydemus | |
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| Platydemus manokwari, head is on the right. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Family: | Geoplanidae |
| Tribe: | Rhynchodemini |
| Genus: | Platydemus von Graff, 1896 |
| Type species | |
| Rhynchodemus grandis Spencer, 1892 | |
Description
Species of the genus Platydemus are characterized by a massive, slightly convex body with a broad creeping sole and very large eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a large chamber with folded epithelium in the male atrium, usually with a small penis.[1]
Species
The genus Platydemus includes the following species:
- Platydemus bivittatus von Graff, 1899
- Platydemus fasciatus (Spencer, 1892)
- Platydemus grandis (Spencer, 1892)
- Platydemus joliveti de Beauchamp, 1972
- Platydemus lividus von Graff, 1899
- Platydemus longibulbus de Beauchamp, 1972
- Platydemus macrophthalmus von Graff, 1899
- Platydemus manokwari de Beauchamp, 1963 – "New Guinea flatworm"[2][3]
- Platydemus pindaudei de Beauchamp, 1972
- Platydemus tabatteldii Graff, 1899
- Platydemus vanheurni de Beauchamp, 1929
- Platydemus victoriae (Dendy, 1890)
- Platydemus zimmermanni de Beauchamp, 1952
