Pleioplana Faubel, 1983

Fig. 5 A–F

Pleioplana Faubel 1983: 117, fig. 37A.

Type species

Pleioplana atomata (O.F. Müller, 1776) (individuals with straight stylets).

Diagnosis

Pleioplanidae with tentacular and cerebral eye clusters; without tentacles. Male copulatory apparatus directed backwards. Seminal vesicle and/or spermiducal bulbs present. Penis duct continuous with a short (thick or thin) penis stylet. Female apparatus usually with vagina bulbosa; Lang’s vesicle present.

Valid species of the genus

Pleioplana atomata (O.F. Müller, 1776) .

Pleioplana mortenseni (Bock, 1913) .

Pleioplana delicata (Yeri & Kaburaki, 1918) .

Pleioplana californica (Plehn, 1898) .

Pleioplana bosphorensis Bulnes, Kalkan & Karhan, 2009 .

Pleioplana okusi Bulnes, Kalkan & Karhan, 2009 .