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Fletchamia is a genus of land planarians from Australia.

Species

GENUS

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

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Specimen records
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Family
Geoplanidae
Collections
AM
Recorded in
Australia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Geoplanidae
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taxon name
Fletchamia
taxon rank
genus
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Fletchamia
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Fletchamia is a genus of land planarians from Australia.

== Description == The genus Fletchamia is characterized by having an elongate and subcylindrical body with a creeping sole that occupies from 50 to 70% of the body with. The eyes form a single row around the anterior tip, are crowded antero-laterally and continue posteriorly in two to three staggered rows. The parenchymal musculature is weak and includes a loose ring zone of circulo-oblique fibers and a weak ventral plate of longitudinal fibers. The copulatory apparatus lacks a permanent penis, but some species may have a rudimentary penis papilla. The female atrium communicates posteriorly with a diverticulum.

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