A new genus and two new species of land planarians (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Geoplanidae) from Southern Chile

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Author(s):	Grau, Jose Horacio ; Almeida, Ana Laura ; Sluys, Ronald ; Carbayo, Fernando Total Authors: 4
Document type:	Journal article
Source:	Journal of Natural History; v. 56, n. 13-16, p. 21-pg., 2022-04-18.
Abstract
The paper describes the new land planarian genus Mapuplana gen. nov. from Chile, on the basis of the two new species Mapuplana guttulata sp. nov. and M. fjordica sp. nov. The genus Mapuplana is mainly characterised by two putative apomorphies: a subneural parenchymal musculature consisting of diagonal decussate muscle fibres; and a blind duct opening sideways into the female atrium. The new species are very similar to each other in their general anatomy and differ only in details in the pattern of dorsal colouration, the relative distance between mouth and gonopore, the relative thickness of the ventral cutaneous musculature, the orientation of the gonoduct, and the shape of the female atrium. (AU)

FAPESP's process:	19/12357-7 - Integrative taxonomic studies of Neotropical land planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida), with emphasis on the Brazilian and Chilean diversity, and their areas of endemisms in the Atlantic Forest
Grantee:	Fernando Jesús Carbayo Baz
Support Opportunities:	Regular Research Grants