Cratera cryptolineata

Cratera cryptolineata is a species of land planarian from Brazil.

Cratera cryptolineata
Cratera cryptolineata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Platyhelminthes
Class:
Rhabditophora
Order:
Tricladida
Suborder:
Continenticola
Family:
Geoplanidae
Subfamily:
Geoplaninae
Genus:
Cratera
Species:
C. cryptolineata
Binomial name
Cratera cryptolineata
Rossi & Leal-Zanchet, 2017

Description

Cratera cryptolineata is a medium-sized land planarian with a lanceolate body, reaching about 50 millimetres (2.0 in) in length. The color of the dorsum is homogeneously dark brown with a thin median stripe occurring along the body that is only visible under the stereomicroscope. The ventral side is light brown.[1]

The several eyes of C. cryptolineata are distributed marginally in the first millimeters of the body and posteriorly become dorsal, occupying around one third of the body width.[1]

Etymology

The specific epithet cryptolineata comes from Greek κρυπτός (kryptos), hidden + Latin lineata, striped, and refers to the thin media stripe visible under the stereomicroscope.[1]

Distribution

Cratera cryptolineata is known only from the Três Barras National Forest, Santa Catarina, Brazil.[1]

References
  1. Rossi, Ilana; Leal-Zanchet, Ana (2017). "Three new species of Cratera Carbayo et al., 2013 from Araucaria forests with a key to species of the genus (Platyhelminthes, Continenticola)". ZooKeys. 643: 1–32. doi:10.3897/zookeys.643.11093. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 5242264.
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