Newzealandia is a genus of land planarians from New Zealand.
| Newzealandia | |
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| Newzealandia graffii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Family: | Geoplanidae |
| Tribe: | Caenoplanini |
| Genus: | Newzealandia Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1991 |
| Type species | |
| Geoplana inaequabilis Fyfe, 1956
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Description
editSpecies of the genus Newzealandia are characterized by a copulatory apparatus that lacks a penis papilla and has a series of accessory glands embedded into the wall of the atrial cavity.[1] Those glands are similar to the adenodactyls found in the closely related genus Artioposthia, the main difference being that adenodactyls project into the atrial cavity.[2]
Etymology
editThe name Newzealandia comes from New Zealand, the country in which the species of the genus are found.
Species
editThe genus Newzealandia includes the following species:
- Newzealandia agricola (Dendy, 1895)
- Newzealandia graffii (Dendy, 1895)
- Newzealandia inaequabilis (Fyfe, 1956)
- Newzealandia inequalistriata (Dendy, 1895)
- Newzealandia iris (Dendy, 1896)
- Newzealandia moseleyi (Hutton, 1880)
References
edit- ^ Ogren, R. E.; Kawakatsu, M. (1991). "Index to the species of the family Geoplanidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part II: Caenoplaninae and Pelmatoplaninae". Bulletin of Fujis Women's College. 29: 35–58.
- ^ Jones, H. D. (1999). "A new genus and species of terrestrial planarian (Platyhelminthes; Tricladida; Terricola) from Scotland, and an emendation of the genus Artioposthia". Journal of Natural History. 33 (3): 387–394. doi:10.1080/002229399300308. ISSN 0022-2933.
