Anzoplanini Explained

Anzoplanini is a tribe of land planarians in the subfamily Rhynchodeminae.

Description

The tribe Anzoplanini contains land planarians with dorsoventral testes, a condition that in land planarians is considered intermediate between a primitive ventral condition and a derivate dorsal condition. The mesenchymal musculature contains longitudinal fibers forming either a ventral plate or a ring around the intestine.^[1]

Genera

Currently, the tribe Anzoplanini comprises the following genera:

• Anzoplana Winsor, 2006
• Marionfyfea Winsor, 2011^[2] (replacement name for Fyfea Winsor, 2006, preoccupied)

Notes and References

1. Winsor . L. . 2006 . New and revised terrestrial flatworm taxa (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Terricola) of Australia and the Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand . Tuhinga: Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa . 17 . 81–104 .
2. Winsor . L. . 2011 . Some terrestrial flatworm taxa (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Continenticola) of the Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand . Tuhinga: Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa . 22 . 161–169 .