POLYCLADINI ALMEIDA & CARBAYO, 2023

Almeida, Ana Laura, Álvarez-Presas, Marta & Carbayo, Fernando, 2023, The discovery of new Chilean taxa revolutionizes the systematics of Geoplaninae Neotropical land planarians (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197 (4), pp. 837-898 : 876

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac072
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:010109AB-79F5-4E6D-909B-08BB1803E589
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7814073
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C49B73-6947-FF87-FCF9-714DB05974F5
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	POLYCLADINI ALMEIDA & CARBAYO
status	trib. nov.

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POLYCLADINI ALMEIDA & CARBAYO TRIB. NOV.

Zoobank registration: urn: lsid: zoobank. org:act: 90FE6A73-FA83-4759-A5E7-0C7A64E4D630

Type genus: Polycladus Blanchard, 1845 View in CoL .

Diagnosis: Geoplaninae with a large-sized and extraordinarily wide and flattened body. Eyes marginal. Creeping sole wide. Both transverse a subneural parenchymal muscle and a layer of longitudinal transneural parenchymal muscle present. Polycladini comprises only the genus Polycladus .

Etymology: The name of the tribe is based on the name of its type genus.

Distribution: Many localities across Chile, approximately between the latitudes 36°44′ 44°40′ and between the regions Biobío and Aysén (see: BarahonaSegovia et al., 2020).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Order	Tricladida
Family	Geoplanidae

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