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Two new species of Geoplanidae (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Terricola) of south Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 March 2001

Ana Maria Leal-Zanchet
Affiliation:
Institute of Planarian Research, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, UNISINOS, Av. Unisinos 950, 93022-000 São Leopoldo-RS Brazil E-mail: ipp@cirrus.unisinos.br
Fernando Carbayo
Affiliation:
Institute of Planarian Research, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, UNISINOS, Av. Unisinos 950, 93022-000 São Leopoldo-RS Brazil E-mail: ipp@cirrus.unisinos.br
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Abstract

Two new species of terrestrial planarians in the family Geoplanidae, Geoplana franciscana and Notogynaphallia guaiana, from the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, are described. Both species have a multilayered lining in the female atrium. The study of specimens of N. goetschi, aimed at comparing it to N. guaiana, reveals the need for a re-description and review of N. goetschi.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2001 The Zoological Society of London

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