Laqueusplana, Rodríguez & Grande & Bulnes & Almon & Perez & Noreña, 2017

Rodríguez, Jorge, Grande, Cristina, Bulnes, NataliaVeronica, Almon, Bruno, Perez, Jacinto & Noreña, Carolina, 2017, Systematic revision of the family Pleioplanidae Faubel, 1983 (Polycladida, Acotylea): new genus and combinations, European Journal of Taxonomy 264, pp. 1-30 : 7

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2017.264

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3844410

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DFBD1007-F9CA-46D8-8A8A-9827B9045040

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:DFBD1007-F9CA-46D8-8A8A-9827B9045040

treatment provided by

Carolina

scientific name

Laqueusplana
status

gen. nov.

Laqueusplana View in CoL gen. nov.

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Type species

Laqueusplana bocki View in CoL gen. et sp. nov.

Diagnosis

Pleioplanidae with tentacular and cerebral eye clusters; without tentacles. Male copulatory apparatus directed forward. Seminal vesicle and/or spermiducal bulbs present; penis duct forms a loop between prostatic vesicle and pharynx. Penis stylet long and pointed. Female apparatus usually with vagina bulbosa; Lang’s vesicle present.

Etymology

The name Laqueusplana refers to the term “ laqueus ”, Latin for loop. This is in reference to the loop that the stylet makes between the prostatic vesicle and the pharynx in this genus.

Other species of the genus

Pleioplana megala ( Marcus, 1952) also has a forward directed male copulatory system and shows a loop between the prostatic vesicle and the pharynx. Therefore, it must be transferred to the new genus Laqueusplana gen. nov.

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