Platydemus

Platydemus is a genus of large predatory land planarians in the tribe Rhynchodemini.

Platydemus manokwari, invasive in Florida, USA

Platydemus
Platydemus manokwari, head is on the right.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Order:	Tricladida
Family:	Geoplanidae
Tribe:	Rhynchodemini
Genus:	Platydemus von Graff, 1896
Type species
Rhynchodemus grandis Spencer, 1892

Description

Species of the genus Platydemus are characterized by a massive, slightly convex body with a broad creeping sole and very large eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a large chamber with folded epithelium in the male atrium, usually with a small penis.^[1]

Species

The genus Platydemus includes the following species:

• Platydemus bivittatus von Graff, 1899
• Platydemus fasciatus (Spencer, 1892)
• Platydemus grandis (Spencer, 1892)
• Platydemus joliveti de Beauchamp, 1972
• Platydemus lividus von Graff, 1899
• Platydemus longibulbus de Beauchamp, 1972
• Platydemus macrophthalmus von Graff, 1899
• Platydemus manokwari de Beauchamp, 1963 – "New Guinea flatworm"^[2][3]
• Platydemus pindaudei de Beauchamp, 1972
• Platydemus tabatteldii Graff, 1899
• Platydemus vanheurni de Beauchamp, 1929
• Platydemus victoriae (Dendy, 1890)
• Platydemus zimmermanni de Beauchamp, 1952