Bogga is a genus of land planarians from South America. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Bogga bogotensis, which occurs in Bogotá, Colombia.

Bogga
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Tricladida
Family: Geoplanidae
Subfamily: Geoplaninae
Genus: Bogga
Grau & Sluys, 2012
Species:
B. bogotensis
Binomial name
Bogga bogotensis
(von Graff, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Geoplana bogotensis von Graff, 1899
  • Amaga bogotensis Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1990
  • Pseudogeoplana bogotensis Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1992

Description

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Bogga bogotensis has a large and broad, flat body. The dorsal side is a grey-black color, with two dark yellow stripes; one encircling the body and one mid-dorsal stripe, both around the same width. The copulatory apparatus lacks a permanent penis, but the male atrium is lined by multiple musculo-glandular papillae. The ovovitelline ducts enter the female atrium at the same time, without joining to form a common duct.[1]

Etymology

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The name Bogga is a portmanteau of the specific epithet of the type species, bogotensis, and Amaga, another genus in the same subfamily in which the species was previously classified.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Grau, José Horacio; Sluys, Ronald; Froehlich, Eudóxia Maria; Carbayo, Fernando (2012). "Reflections on the genus Amaga Ogren and Kawakatsu 1990, and description of a new genus of land planarian (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Geoplanidae)". Journal of Natural History. 46 (25–26): 1529–1546. doi:10.1080/00222933.2012.691996. ISSN 0022-2933.