Anzoplanini

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Anzoplanini
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Tricladida
Family: Geoplanidae
Subfamily: Rhynchodeminae
Tribe: Anzoplanini
Winsor, 2006[1]
Genera

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Anzoplanini is a tribe of

land planarians in the subfamily Rhynchodeminae.[1]

Description

The tribe Anzoplanini contains land planarians with dorsoventral testes, a condition that in land planarians is considered intermediate between a primitive ventral condition and a derivate dorsal condition. The mesenchymal musculature contains longitudinal fibers forming either a ventral plate or a ring around the intestine.[2]

Genera

Currently, the tribe Anzoplanini comprises the following genera:

References

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  2. ^ a b c Winsor, L. (2006). "New and revised terrestrial flatworm taxa (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Terricola) of Australia and the Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand" (PDF). Tuhinga: Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. 17: 81–104.Open access icon
  3. ^ Winsor, L. (2011). "Some terrestrial flatworm taxa (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Continenticola) of the Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand" (PDF). Tuhinga: Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. 22: 161–169.Open access icon