Leptoplana ophryoglena ( Schmarda, 1859 )

Ramos-Sánchez, Mariela, 2024, The polyclads (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida) from the Tropical Eastern Pacific: Commented checklist and description of a new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 962 (1), pp. 1-67 : 51

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2024.962.2683
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13947411
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scientific name	Leptoplana ophryoglena ( Schmarda, 1859 )
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Treatment

Leptoplana ophryoglena ( Schmarda, 1859) View in CoL

Polycelis ophryoglena Schmarda, 1859: 20 , pl. 3 fig. 41 (type locality: Paita, Peru).

Leptoplana ophryoglena View in CoL – Diesing 1862: 526 (new combination). — Faubel 1984b: 237 (identification keys).

Distribution

South of Paita, on the Peruvian coast.

Habitat

Benthic.

Remarks

Schmarda (1859) provided a brief description of the species, including characteristics of body shape, coloration and distribution of marginal and cerebral eyes. Regarding the reproductive complex, he only mentioned the presence of separate gonopores. Faubel (1984b) determines it as a species incertae sedis.