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Artioposthia
Genus of flatworms From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Artioposthia is a genus of land planarians from the Australasian and Indo-Pacific countries. Several species have also been introduced in Europe.
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Description
Species of Artioposthia are characterized by a cylindrical pharynx and ovaries placed anteriorly to the male copulatory apparatus, close to the brain or to the pharynx. The copulatory apparatus has a series of paired glandular organs called adenodactyls.[1]
Artioposthia is very similar to the closely related genus Arthurdendyus, the main difference being the position of the ovaries and the shape of the pharynx.[2]
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Species
The genus Artioposthia includes the following species:
- Artioposthia adelaidensis (Dendy, 1892)
- Artioposthia civis Cardale, 1941
- Artioposthia diemenensis (Dendy, 1894)
- Artioposthia dovei (Steel, 1900)
- Artioposthia exulans (Dendy, 1901)
- Artioposthia fletcheri (Dendy, 1891)
- Artioposthia garveyi (Dendy, 1901)
- Artioposthia glandulosa Fyfe, 1956
- Artioposthia harrisoni Wood, 1926
- Artioposthia howesi (Dendy, 1901)
- Artioposthia japonica Kaburakki, 1922
- Artioposthia mariae (Dendy, 1895)
- Artioposthia polyadoides Fyfe, 1956
- Artioposthia subquadrangulata (Dendy, 1895)
- Artioposthia suteri (Dendy, 1897)
- Artioposthia warragulensis (Graff, 1899)
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References
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