Cotyloplana is a genus of land planarians in the tribe Rhynchodemini.
| Cotyloplana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Family: | Geoplanidae |
| Tribe: | Rhynchodemini |
| Genus: | Cotyloplana Spencer, 1892 |
| Type species | |
| Cotyloplana punctata Spencer, 1892
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Description edit
The genus Cotyloplana is characterized by a flat body with a wide creeping sole. There is one sucker located ventrally at the anterior end, in front of the creeping sole. The copulatory apparatus has a large spacious male atrium, with a small and obtuse penis papilla. A diverticulum opens into the common atrium from its posterior wall.[1]
Species edit
The genus Cotyloplana currently contains two species:
- Cotyloplana borneensis de Beauchamp, 1933
- Cotyloplana pilcata Whitehouse, 1914
- Cotyloplana punctata Spencer, 1892
References edit
- ^ Ogren, R. E.; Kawakatsu, M. (1988). "Index to the species of the family Rhynchodemidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part I: Rhynchodeminae". Bulletin of Fujis Women's College. 26: 39–91.
