Phagocata Explained
Phagocata is a genus of planariid triclad.
Description
Members of the genus are oblong and plano-convex in shape, contractile, and mucous, with auricles on its front. It has two ventral pores: one for the mouth and one for the genitalia. The genus is defined by its abundance of proboscises, with the type species having been described as having "not less than twenty-three".[1]
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Phagocata:
- Phagocata albata
- Phagocata albissima
- Phagocata altaica
- Phagocata angusta
- Phagocata arethusa
- Phagocata armeniaca
- Phagocata asymmetrica
- Phagocata bosniaca
- Phagocata bulbosa
- Phagocata bursaperforata
- Phagocata carolinensis
- Phagocata cavernicola
- Phagocata coarctica
- Phagocata cornuta
- Phagocata coronata
- Phagocata crenophila
- Phagocata dalmatica
- Phagocata delamarei
- Phagocata fawcetti
- Phagocata flamenca
- Phagocata fontinalis
- Phagocata gallaeciae
- Phagocata gracilis
- Phagocata graeca
- Phagocata hamptonae
- Phagocata hellenica
- Phagocata holleri
- Phagocata illyrica
- Phagocata iwamai
- Phagocata kawakatsui
- Phagocata leptophallus
- Phagocata macedonica
- Phagocata maculata
- Phagocata mesorchis
- Phagocata monopharyngea
- Phagocata morgani
- Phagocata nivea
- Phagocata nordeni
- Phagocata notadena
- Phagocata notorchis
- Phagocata ochridana
- Phagocata olivacea
- Phagocata opisthogona
- Phagocata papillifera
- Phagocata paravitta
- Phagocata paravittoides
- Phagocata pellucida
- Phagocata procera
- Phagocata prosorchis
- Phagocata pygmaea
- Phagocata pyrenaica
- Phagocata racovitzai
- Phagocata sibirica
- Phagocata spuria
- Phagocata stankovici
- Phagocata subterranea
- Phagocata suginoi
- Phagocata tahoena
- Phagocata teletzkiana
- Phagocata tenella
- Phagocata teshirogi
- Phagocata tigrina
- Phagocata tshukotica
- Phagocata ullala
- Phagocata undulata
- Phagocata velata
- Phagocata vernalis
- Phagocata virilis
- Phagocata vitta
- Phagocata vivida
- Phagocata woodworthi
Notes and References
- Leidy . Joseph . Joseph Leidy . 1847 . Description and Anatomy of a new and curious sub-genus of Planaria. . Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . . 3 . 248–252 . Biodiversity Heritage Library.
