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Geoplana
Sign in to saveGeoplana is a genus of land planarians from South America.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 32
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Geoplanidae
- Collections
- NHMUK, USNM
- Recorded in
- Malaysia, Bolivia, Guyana, Trinidad And Tobago, Colombia, Australia, Brazil, Suriname
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Taxonomic history
- Current description
- Species
- References
Geoplana is a genus of land planarians from South America.
== Taxonomic history == The genus Geoplana was erected in 1857 by William Stimpson and included most land planarians with several eyes distributed along the body. Species with only two eyes were placed in the genus Rhynchodemus, while species with a crescent-shaped head were placed in Bipalium.
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