Othelosoma

<i>Othelosoma</i>

Othelosoma

Genus of flatworms

Othelosoma is a genus of land planarians found in Africa and India.[1]

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Description

The genus Othelosoma is characterized by having an elongate, rounded body, generally only two eyes and a blunt anterior end. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent penis. The bursa copulatrix is large and communicates with the genital atrium by two canals, the vaginal duct and the Beauchamp's canal.[2]

Species

There are 40 species assigned to the genus Othelosoma:[1]

  • Othelosoma africanum (von Graff, 1899)
  • Othelosoma angolense (de Beauchamp, 1951)
  • Othelosoma caffrum (Jameson, 1907)
  • Othelosoma chinum (Marcus, 1955)
  • Othelosoma conyum (Marcus, 1953)
  • Othelosoma cylindricum (de Beauchamp, 1913)
  • Othelosoma duplamaculosum Sluys & Neumann, 2017[3]
  • Othelosoma evelinae Marcus, 1970
  • Othelosoma flavescens (Jameson, 1907)
  • Othelosoma gnaum Marcus, 1955
  • Othelosoma gravelyi (de Beauchamp, 1930)
  • Othelosoma hepaticarum (Jameson, 1907)
  • Othelosoma hirudineum (de Beauchamp, 1930)
  • Othelosoma huntum Marcus, 1955
  • Othelosoma impensum Sluys & Neumann, 2017[3]
  • Othelosoma joburgi Jones, 2004[4]
  • Othelosoma kukkal (de Beauchamp, 1930)
  • Othelosoma laticlavium Sluys & Neumann, 2017[3]
  • Othelosoma lineaenigrum Sluys & Neumann, 2017[3]
  • Othelosoma macrothylax (de Beauchamp, 1936)
  • Othelosoma marcusi de Beauchamp, 1956
  • Othelosoma marlieri de Beauchamp, 1956
  • Othelosoma musculosum (de Beauchamp, 1930)
  • Othelosoma nigrescens (Mell, 1904)
  • Othelosoma notabile (von Graff, 1899)
  • Othelosoma nyanga Jones & Cumming, 2005[5]
  • Othelosoma polecatum Marcus, 1953
  • Othelosoma pugum Marcus, 1953
  • Othelosoma retractile (de Beauchamp, 1930)
  • Othelosoma rudebecki Marcus, 1955
  • Othelosoma saegeri Marcus, 1955
  • Othelosoma sholanum (de Beauchamp, 1930)
  • Othelosoma simile Sluys & Neumann, 2017[3]
  • Othelosoma speciosum (von Graff, 1896)
  • Othelosoma symondsii Gray, 1869
  • Othelosoma torquatum (de Beauchamp, 1930)
  • Othelosoma voleum Marcus, 1953
  • Othelosoma wauzen Marcus, 1955

References

  1. [1]
    Ogren, Robert E.; Kawakatsu, Masaharu (1989). "Index to the species of the family Rhynchodemidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part II: Microplaninae". The Bulletin of Fuji Women's College. Series 2. 27 (11): 53–111.Open access icon
  2. [2]
    Ogren, Robert E.; Kawakatsu, Masaharu (1988). "Index to the species of the family Rhynchodemidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part I: Rhynchodeminae". The Bulletin of Fuji Women's College. Series 2. 26 (2): 39–91.Open access icon
  3. [3]
    Sluys, Ronald; Neumann, Matthias; Lima, Ricardo F. De; Drewes, Robert C. (2017). "Land flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae) of São Tomé: a first account on their diversity, with the description of five new species". Zootaxa. 4221 (3): 291–322. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4221.3.2. ISSN 1175-5334.
  4. [4]
    Jones, H. D. (2004). "A new species of land planarian (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Terricola: Rhynchodemidae) from South Africa, with a list of African terrestrial planarian species". African Zoology. 39 (1): 31–40. doi:10.1080/15627020.2004.11407283. ISSN 1562-7020.
  5. [5]
    Jones, H.D.; Cumming, M.S. (2005). "A new land planarian species of the genus Othelosoma (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Terricola: Rhynchodemidae) from the eastern highlands of Zimbabwe". African Zoology. 40 (1): 99–106. doi:10.1080/15627020.2005.11407315. ISSN 1562-7020.
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