Australoplana
Sign in to saveAustraloplana also known as Australian flatworm is a genus of land planarians from Australia and New Zealand.
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Australoplana also known as Australian flatworm is a genus of land planarians from Australia and New Zealand.
==Description== The genus Australoplana is characterized by having an elongated, strap-like body that is broadly convex dorsally and flat ventrally. The creeping sole occupies less than 25% of the body with. The eyes are absent or minute and arranged along the body margins in a single row from the anterior to the posterior end. The parenchymal longitudinal musculature is very weak or absent. The copulatory apparatus has an intra-antral penis papilla in some species and the ovovitelline ducts enter the female atrium ventrally.
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