Cratera_picuia
Cratera picuia
Species of flatworm
Cratera picuia is a species of land planarian belonging to the subfamily Geoplaninae.[1] It is known from specimens found in Saint-Hilaire/Lange National Park in Brazil.[2]
| Cratera picuia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Family: | Geoplanidae |
| Genus: | Cratera |
| Species: | C. picuia |
| Binomial name | |
| Cratera picuia Lago-Barcia & Carbayo, 2018 | |
Cratera picuia is a flatworm around 30 mm in length and 3 mm in width. The body is elongated, with parallel margins and a pointed back tip. The dorsal side of the body has two pearl-orange paramedian bands separated by an ivory midline band and two oyster-white marginal bands. Each marginal band is divided in half by black-gray spots that become denser towards the back of the body, forming irregular longitudinal stripes. The ventral side of the body is a white color.[2]
Aside from its coloration, it is distinguished from other members of Cratera by having a canalicular prostatic vesicle located inside the penis bulb, and an ejaculatory duct that is not distally dilated.[2]
The specific epithet, picuia, is derived from the Tupi language words py, "inside", and cuia, "gourd", in reference to the species' prostatic vesicle being located inside the penis bulb.[2]
- "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cratera picuia Lago-Barcia & Carbayo, 2018". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
- Lago-Barcia, D.; Carbayo, F. (2018). Taxonomic revision of four species of the Neotropical land planarian genera Cratera and Geoplana (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) with a description of two new species and an emendation of Cratera. Zootaxa. 4500(4): 517-542. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4500.4.3
