Sarcoplana, 2023
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac072 |
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publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:010109AB-79F5-4E6D-909B-08BB1803E589 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7797680 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C49B73-6950-FF90-FCF4-71F1B17473D3 |
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treatment provided by |
Plazi |
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scientific name |
Sarcoplana |
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gen. nov. |
SARCOPLANA ALMEIDA & CARBAYO GEN. NOV.
Zoobank registration: urn: lsid: zoobank. org:act: 1A68E3E2-89BD-4A2F-9DF3-513403400CFA
Type species: Sarcoplana musculosa Almeida & Carbayo sp. nov.
Diagnosis: Sarcoplanini with a small-sized body, approximately 18 mm in length. Creeping sole wide. Sensory depressions along the anterior region of the body, absent at the anterior body tip. Thickness of cutaneous muscle relative to the body height, approximately 19%. Cephalic retractor muscle present. Penis papilla conical. Common genital atrium provided with musculoglandular organs. Common ovovitelline duct posterior to female atrium. Female genital canal projects posteriorly from the posterodorsal region of female atrium.
Etymology: Sarcoplana is derived from the Greek σάρκα, flesh, alluding to the strong cutaneous and parenchymal muscles, and the Latin plana, flat. The gender is feminine.
Distribution: Región La Araucanía, Chile.
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