Microplana cephalofusca
| Microplana | |
|---|---|
| Microplana robusta | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Family: | Geoplanidae |
| Subfamily: | Microplaninae |
| Genus: | Microplana Vejdovsky, 1890 |
| Type species | |
| Microplana humicola Vejdovsky, 1890 | |
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Microplana is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa.
Description
Species of the genus Microplana are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent conical penis with a muscular bulbus projecting into a short atrium. A genito-intestinal canal or a bursa copulatrix is usually present, connecting the intestine to the female atrium.
Ecology
Species of Microplana are adapted to different habitats. Most species occur in temperate forests, including beech, oak, pine and mixed forests, and seem to prefer neutral to basic soils, with pH values above 6. However, there are species adapted to drier habitats, such as the African savanna.
All Microplana species are carnivores, feeding on other invertebrates. Some are active predators, while others are mainly scavengers.
Species
The genus Microplana includes the following species:
- Microplana aberana(Mell, 1904)
- Microplana aixandreiVila-Farré, Mateos, Sluys & Romero, 2008
- Microplana astrictaSluys, Álvarez-Presas & Mateos, 2017
- Microplana atropurpurea(von Graff, 1899)
- Microplana attemsi(Bendl, 1909)
- Microplana cephalofuscaSluys, Álvarez-Presas & Mateos, 2017
- Microplana ceylonica(von Graff, 1899)
- Microplana cherangani(de Beauchamp, 1936)
- Microplana cingulataÁlvarez-Presas, Sluys & Mateos, 2017
- Microplana costaricensis(de Beauchamp, 1913)
- Jones & McDonald, 2021
- Microplana fuscomaculosaSluys, Mateos & Álvarez-Presas, 2017
- Microplana gadesensisVila-Farré, Mateos, Sluys & Romero, 2008
- Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1957
- Microplana giustiiMinelli, 1976
- Microplana graffi(Geba, 1909)
- Microplana grazalemicaVila-Farré, Mateos, Sluys & Romero, 2008
- Microplana grogaJones, Webster, Littlewood & McDonald, 2008
- Microplana haitiensisPrudhoe, 1949
- Microplana hareaMarcus, 1953
- Microplana henrici(Bendl, 1908)
- (de Beauchamp, 1934)
- Microplana howesi(Scharff, 1900)
- Microplana humicolaVejdovsky, 1889
- Microplana hyalinaVila-Farré & Sluys, 2011
- Microplana indica(Chaurasia, 1985)
- Microplana kwiskeaJones, Webster, Littlewood & McDonald, 2008
- Microplana lutulentaÁlvarez-Presas, Sluys & Mateos, 2017
- Microplana mediostriata(Geba, 1909)
- Microplana montoyai(Fuhrmann, 1914)
- Microplana nanaMateos, Giribet & Carranza, 1998
- Microplana natalensis(Jameson, 1907)
- Microplana nervosaSluys, Mateos & Álvarez-Presas, 2017
- Microplana neumanni(Mell, 1904)
- Microplana peneckei(Meixner, 1921)
- Microplana pererecaMarcus & Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1959
- Microplana plurioculataSluys, Mateos & Álvarez-Presas, 2016
- Microplana polyopsisSluys, Álvarez-Presas & Mateos, 2016
- Microplana purpurea(Bendl, 1908)
- Microplana robustaVila-Farré & Sluys, 2011
- Microplana rufocephalataHyman, 1954
- Microplana scharffi(Graff, 1896)
- Wang & Yu, 2013
- Microplana sparsaSluys, Mateos & Álvarez-Presas, 2017
- Microplana termitophagaJones, Darlington & Newson, 1990
- Microplana terrestris(Müller, 1774)
- Microplana thwaitesii(Moseley, 1875)
- Microplana trifuscolineata(Kaburaki, 1920)
- Microplana tristriata(Geba, 1909)
- Microplana uniductus(de Beauchamp, 1930)
- Microplana unilineata(Frieb, 1923)
- Microplana viridis(Jameson, 1907)
- Microplana voeltzkowi(von Graff, 1899)
- Microplana yaravidu Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1957
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