A new species of terrestrial planarian of the genus Microplana (Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria; Tricladida: Continenticola) from Yorkshire, United Kingdom; with a discussion of Microplana humicola Vejdovsky 1890.

Autor: Jones HD; Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD.. flatworm@btopenworld.com., McDonald JC; Bridge House, Kirby Wiske, Thirsk, YO7 4ER.. jill@jillmcd.co.uk.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Zootaxa [Zootaxa] 2021 May 31; Vol. 4980 (1), pp. 174184. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 May 31.
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4980.1.11
Abstrakt: Two mostly white terrestrial planarians, about 7 mm long, found in a garden in Yorkshire, UK, are described. They have a single pair of eyes and both specimens are fully mature, with a single pair of ovaries, several testes, a conical penis papilla and a genito-intestinal duct, characters of the genus Microplana, but differ in color and size from other species of the genus and are described as Microplana edwardsi sp. nov.
Databáze: MEDLINE