Pelmatoplana is a genus of land planarians in the tribe Pelmatoplanini.
Description The genus Pelmatoplana includes planarians with weak cutaneous longitudinal musculature and strong parenchymal musculature forming a ring zone. The copulatory apparatus has a well-developed conical penis papilla and the female atrium lacks a seminal bursa, having only the female canal entering it. A genito-intestinal duct may be present connecting the female canal to the intestine.
Species The genus Pelmatoplana includes the following species:
Pelmatoplana bogoriensis Graff, 1899 Pelmatoplana braueri (Graff, 1899) Pelmatoplana graffi Fuhrmann, 1914 Pelmatoplana japonica (Kaburaki, 1922) Pelmatoplana maheensis (Graff, 1899) Pelmatoplana moluccana Graff, 1899 Pelmatoplana pseudophallus de Beauchamp, 1939
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