Othelosoma

Othelosoma i​st eine Gattung d​er Landplanarien, d​ie in Afrika u​nd Indien gefunden wurde.[1]

Othelosoma

Othelosoma duplamaculosum, dorsale Ansicht, Vorderende u​nten rechts

Systematik
Stamm: Plattwürmer (Plathelminthes)
Klasse: Strudelwürmer (Turbellaria)
Ordnung: Tricladida
Familie: Landplanarien (Geoplanidae)
Unterfamilie: Microplaninae
Gattung: Othelosoma
Wissenschaftlicher Name
Othelosoma
Gray, 1869

Merkmale

Individuen d​er Gattung Othelosoma h​aben einen länglichen, abgerundeten Körper, d​er zum Vorderende stumpf ist. Sie besitzen i​m Allgemeinen n​ur zwei Augen.[2]

Zum Kopulationsapparat gehört e​in permanenter Penis. Die Bursa copulatrix i​st groß u​nd über z​wei Kanäle m​it dem Atrium genitale verbunden.[2]

Arten

Zur Gattung Othelosoma zählen d​ie folgenden Arten:[1]

  • Othelosoma africanum (von Graff, 1899)
  • Othelosoma angolense (de Beauchamp, 1951)
  • Othelosoma caffrum (Jameson, 1907)
  • Othelosoma chinum (Marcus, 1955)
  • Othelosoma conyum (Marcus, 1953)
  • Othelosoma cylindricum (de Beauchamp, 1913)
  • Othelosoma duplamaculosum Sluys & Neumann, 2017[3]
  • Othelosoma evelinae Marcus, 1970
  • Othelosoma flavescens (Jameson, 1907)
  • Othelosoma gnaum Marcus, 1955
  • Othelosoma gravelyi (de Beauchamp, 1930)
  • Othelosoma hepaticarum (Jameson, 1907)
  • Othelosoma hirudineum (de Beauchamp, 1930)
  • Othelosoma huntum Marcus, 1955
  • Othelosoma impensum Sluys & Neumann, 2017[3]
  • Othelosoma joburgi Jones, 2004[4]
  • Othelosoma kukkal (de Beauchamp, 1930)
  • Othelosoma laticlavium Sluys & Neumann, 2017[3]
  • Othelosoma lineaenigrum Sluys & Neumann, 2017[3]
  • Othelosoma macrothylax (de Beauchamp, 1936)
  • Othelosoma marcusi de Beauchamp, 1956
  • Othelosoma marlieri de Beauchamp, 1956
  • Othelosoma musculosum (de Beauchamp, 1930)
  • Othelosoma nigrescens (Mell, 1904)
  • Othelosoma notabile (von Graff, 1899)
  • Othelosoma nyanga Jones & Cumming, 2005[5]
  • Othelosoma polecatum Marcus, 1953
  • Othelosoma pugum Marcus, 1953
  • Othelosoma retractile (de Beauchamp, 1930)
  • Othelosoma rudebecki Marcus, 1955
  • Othelosoma saegeri Marcus, 1955
  • Othelosoma sholanum (de Beauchamp, 1930)
  • Othelosoma simile Sluys & Neumann, 2017[3]
  • Othelosoma speciosum (von Graff, 1896)
  • Othelosoma symondsii Gray, 1869
  • Othelosoma torquatum (de Beauchamp, 1930)
  • Othelosoma voleum Marcus, 1953
  • Othelosoma wauzen Marcus, 1955
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Einzelnachweise
  1. Robert E. Ogren & Masaharu Kawakatsu: Index to the species of the family Rhynchodemidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part II: Microplaninae. In: The Bulletin of Fuji Women's College Series 2. Band 27, Nr. 11, 1989, S. 53–111.
  2. Robert E. Ogren & Masaharu Kawakatsu: Index to the species of the family Rhynchodemidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part I: Rhynchodeminae. In: The Bulletin of Fujis Women’s College. Band 26, 1988, S. 39–91.
  3. Ronald Sluys, Matthias Neumann, Ricardo F. De Lima & Robert C. Drewes: Land flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae) of São Tomé: a first account on their diversity, with the description of five new species. In: Zootaxa. Band 4221, Nr. 3, 2017, ISSN 1175-5334, S. 291–322, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4221.3.2.
  4. Hugh D. Jones: A new species of land planarian (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Terricola: Rhynchodemidae) from South Africa, with a list of African terrestrial planarian species. In: African Zoology. Band 39, Nr. 1, 2004, ISSN 1562-7020, S. 31–40, doi:10.1080/15627020.2004.11407283.
  5. Hugh D. Jones & M. S. Cumming: A new land planarian species of the genus Othelosoma (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Terricola: Rhynchodemidae) from the eastern highlands of Zimbabwe. In: African Zoology. Band 40, Nr. 1, 2005, ISSN 1562-7020, S. 99–106, doi:10.1080/15627020.2005.11407315.
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