Pleioplanidae Faubel, 1983

Maghsoudlou, Abdolvahab, Bulnes, Veronica N. & Rahimian, Hassan, 2015, Persica qeshmensis gen. nov. sp. nov from the Persian Gulf (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida: Acotylea), with remarks on reproductive structures, Journal of Natural History 49 (25), pp. 1477-1491 : 1480

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2015.1006278

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:736C2B3B-41A6-4FAD-92A4-1159027830FD

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4327871

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8A374B5A-872F-6D4F-36FF-2937FBDF0737

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scientific name

Pleioplanidae Faubel, 1983
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Pleioplanidae Faubel, 1983 View in CoL

Diagnosis

Leptoplanoidea with varying outline of the body. Ruffled pharynx arranged centrally or somewhat anterior. Male copulatory apparatus directed backwards, behind pharynx. True prostatic vesicle of Notoplana type present; its glandular lining epithelium is subdivided into a great number of elongate tubular chambers (atomata type).

Key to genera (modified from Bulnes 2010)

1. Male copulatory apparatus with penis stylet ....................................................... 2

– Male copulatory apparatus with penis papilla ................................................... 3

2. Lang’ s vesicle present ...................................................... Pleioplana Faubel, 1983 View in CoL

– Lang’ s vesicle lacking ................................................................. Persica gen. nov.

3. Lang’ s vesicle present .................................................... Melloplana Faubel, 1983

– Lang’ s vesicle lacking ............................................................ Izmira Bulnes, 2010 View in CoL

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