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Australoplana

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Australoplana also known as Australian flatworm is a genus of land planarians from Australia and New Zealand.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumPlatyhelminthes
  3. OrderTricladida
  4. FamilyGeoplanidae

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Geoplanidae
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Australoplana sanguinea NZ 2.jpg
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taxon name
Australoplana
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Australoplana
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Australoplana also known as Australian flatworm is a genus of land planarians from Australia and New Zealand.

==Description== The genus Australoplana is characterized by having an elongated, strap-like body that is broadly convex dorsally and flat ventrally. The creeping sole occupies less than 25% of the body with. The eyes are absent or minute and arranged along the body margins in a single row from the anterior to the posterior end. The parenchymal longitudinal musculature is very weak or absent. The copulatory apparatus has an intra-antral penis papilla in some species and the ovovitelline ducts enter the female atrium ventrally.

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