Pleioplana Faubel, 1983

Rodríguez, Jorge, Grande, Cristina, Bulnes, NataliaVeronica, Almon, Bruno, Perez, Jacinto & Noreña, Carolina, 2017, Systematic revision of the family Pleioplanidae Faubel, 1983 (Polycladida, Acotylea): new genus and combinations, European Journal of Taxonomy 264, pp. 1-30 : 14

Pleioplana Faubel, 1983

Fig. 5 A–F

Pleioplana Faubel 1983: 117 , fig. 37A.

Type species

Pleioplana atomata (O.F. Müller, 1776) (individuals with straight stylets).

Diagnosis

Pleioplanidae with tentacular and cerebral eye clusters; without tentacles. Male copulatory apparatus directed backwards. Seminal vesicle and/or spermiducal bulbs present. Penis duct continuous with a short (thick or thin) penis stylet. Female apparatus usually with vagina bulbosa; Lang’s vesicle present.

Valid species of the genus

Pleioplana atomata (O.F. Müller, 1776) .

Pleioplana mortenseni ( Bock, 1913) .

Pleioplana delicata ( Yeri & Kaburaki, 1918) .

Pleioplana californica (Plehn, 1898) .

Pleioplana bosphorensis Bulnes, Kalkan & Karhan, 2009 .

Pleioplana okusi Bulnes, Kalkan & Karhan, 2009 .

Figures

Fig. 5. Schematic representations comparing the copulatory apparatus. A. Pleioplana automata (O.F. Müller, 1776). B. P. mortenseni (Bock, 1913). C. P. delicata (Yeri & Kaburaki, 1918). D. P. californica (Plehn, 1898). E. P. bosphorensis Bulnes, Kalkan, & Karhan, 2009. F. P. okusi Bulnes, Kalkan, & Karhan, 2009. G. Izmira cinari Bulnes, 2010. H. I. turkeyi Bulnes, 2010. I. Persica qeshmensis Maghsoudlou et al. 2015.