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Diporodemus

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Diporodemus

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Diporodemus is a genus of land planarians found in the Americas.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumPlatyhelminthes
  3. OrderTricladida
  4. FamilyGeoplanidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
12
With media
11
Family
Geoplanidae
Collections
USNM
Recorded in
United States

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Diporodemus is a genus of land planarians found in the Americas.

== Description == The genus Diporodemus is characterized by the copulatory apparatus having a large seminal bursa (or bursa copulatrix) connected to the vagina by a canal, called Beauchamp's canal. This bursa also opens to the exterior by a canal and a pore situated behind the common gonopore.

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