Stocchino, Giacinta Angela
Phagocata
Sign in to savePhagocata is a genus of planariid triclad.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumPlatyhelminthes
- OrderTricladida
- FamilyPlanariidae
Habitatfreshwater
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Planariidae
- Collections
- YPM, USNM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- United States
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Phagocata is a genus of planariid triclad.
==Description== Members of the genus are oblong and plano-convex in shape, contractile, and mucous, with auricles on its front. It has two ventral pores: one for the mouth and one for the genitalia. The genus is defined by its abundance of proboscises, with the type species having been described as having "not less than twenty-three".
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