Novibipalium is a genus of land planarians of the subfamily Bipaliinae (hammerhead flatworms).

Novibipalium
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Tricladida
Family: Geoplanidae
Subfamily: Bipaliinae
Genus: Novibipalium
Kawakatsu, Ogren & Froehlich, 1998
Type species
Bipalium trifuscostriatum
Kaburaki, 1922

Description

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Species of Novibipalium are very similar to those of the related genus Bipalium. The main difference occurs in the copulatory apparatus, which in Novibipalium lacks a well-developed penis papilla, while in Bipalium a penis papilla is present. Novibipalium has a set of folds in the copulatory apparatus that are everted during mating and create a temporary penis.[1]

Species

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The genus Novibipalium contains the following species:

References

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  1. ^ Kawakatsu, M.; Ogren, R. E.; Froehlich, E. M. (1998). "The taxonomic revision of several homonyms in the genus Bipalium, family Bipaliidae (Turbellaria, Seriata, Tricladida, Terricola)". The Bulletin of Fuji Women's College. Series 2. 36: 83–93. 
  2. ^ a b Kawakatsu, M.; Sluys, R.; Ogren, R. E. (2005). "Seven new species of land planarian from Japan and China (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Bipaliidae), with a morphological review of all Japanese bipaliids and a biogeographic overview of Far Eastern species". Belgian Journal of Zoology. 135 (1): 53–77.
  3. ^ a b Solà, E., Sluys, R., Riutort, M., Kawakatsu, M. (18 August 2023). "Molecular phylogenetics facilitates the first historical biogeographic analysis of the hammerhead worms (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Bipaliinae), with the description of twelve new species and two new genera". Zootaxa. 5335 (1): 1–77. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5335.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.