Pasipha is a genus of land planarians from South America.
Description Species of the genus Pasipha have a slender and flattened body with parallel margins while creeping. The copulatory apparatus lacks a permanent penis, having a long and highly folded male atrium instead. The prostatic vesicle is located outside the muscular coat of the copulatory apparatus and divided in two portions. The female canal enters the genital antrum ventrally.
Etymology The name of Pasipha is derived from the specific epithet of the type species, Pasipha pasipha, known as Geoplana pasipha prior to the creation of the genus.
Species There are 29 species assigned to the genus Pasipha:
Pasipha albicaudata Amaral & Leal-Zanchet, 2018 Pasipha astraea (Marcus, 1951) Pasipha atla Negrete & Brusa, 2016 Pasipha backesi Leal-Zanchet, Rossi & Seitenfus, 2012 Pasipha brevilineata Leal-Zanchet, Rossi & Alvarenga, 2012 Pasipha caeruleonigra (Riester, 1938) Pasipha cafusa (Froehlich, 1956) Pasipha carajaensis Amaral & Leal-Zanchet, 2019 Pasipha chimbeva (E.M. Froehlich, 1955) Pasipha ferrariaphila Leal-Zanchet & Marques, 2018 Pasipha hauseri (Froehlich, 1959) Pasipha johnsoni Negrete & Brusa, 2016 Pasipha liviae Pasipha mbya Negrete & Brusa, 2016 Pasipha mesoxantha Amaral & Leal-Zanchet, 2016 Pasipha oliverioi (Froehlich, 1955) Pasipha pasipha (Marcus, 1951) Pasipha paucilineata Amaral & Leal-Zanchet, 2018 Pasipha penhana (Riester, 1938) Pasipha pinima (E.M. Froehlich, 1955) Pasipha plana (Schirch, 1929) Pasipha quirogai Negrete & Brusa, 2017 Pasipha rosea (E.M. Froehlich, 1955) Pasipha splendida (von Graff, 1899) Pasipha tapetilla (Marcus, 1951) Pasipha turvensis Amaral & Leal-Zanchet, 2016 Pasipha tutameia Amaral & Leal-Zanchet, 2019 Pasipha variistriata Amaral & Leal-Zanchet, 2018 Pasipha velutina (Riester, 1938)
Also, there are some species currently considered incertae sedis:
Pasipha aphalla (Hyman, 1941) Pasipha diminutiva (Hyman, 1955) Pasipha ercilla (E.M. Froehlich, 1978) Pasipha chilensis (von Graff, 1899) Pasipha velina (E.M. Froehlich, 1955) Pasipha weyrauchi (Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1951)
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