Imbira guaiana

Imbira guaiana
	Imbira guaiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Rhabditophora
Order:	Tricladida
Suborder:	Continenticola
Family:	Geoplanidae
Subfamily:	Geoplaninae
Genus:	Imbira
Species:	I. guaiana
Binomial name
	Imbira guaiana; (Leal-Zanchet & Carbayo, 2001)
Synonyms
	Notogynaphallia guaiana Leal-Zanchet & Carbayo, 2001

Imbira guaiana is a species of Brazilian land planarian in the subfamily Geoplaninae. It is the type species of the genus Imbira.[1]

Description

Imbira guaiana is a medium-sized land planarian with an elongate body reaching up to 145 millimetres (5.7 in) in length and 3 millimetres (0.12 in) in width while crawling. Its dorsal surface has a greyish-olive color and the ventral side is yellowish-olive. The numerous small eyes are arranged long the body margins from the anterior to the posterior tip.[2]

Etymology

The specific epithet guaiana refers to the Kaingang people (also known as guainás or guaianos) that in the past inhabited the region where the species is found.[2]

Distribution

The only known place of occurrence of I. guaiana is the São Francisco de Paula National Forest in southern Brazil.[3]

References

Carbayo, Fernando; Álvarez-Presas, Marta; Olivares, Cláudia T.; Marques, Fernando P. L.; Froehlich, Eudóxia M.; Riutort, Marta (2013). "Molecular phylogeny of Geoplaninae (Platyhelminthes) challenges current classification: proposal of taxonomic actions". Zoologica Scripta. 42 (5): 508–528. doi:10.1111/zsc.12019. ISSN 0300-3256.
Leal-Zanchet, Ana Maria; Carbayo, Fernando (2001). "Two new species of Geoplanidae (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Terricola) of south Brazil". Journal of Zoology. 253 (4): 433–446. doi:10.1017/S0952836901000401. ISSN 0952-8369.
Carbayo, Fernando; Froehlich, Eudóxia Maria (2008). "Estado do conhecimento dos macroturbelários (Platyhelminthes) do Brasil". Biota Neotropica (in Portuguese). 8 (4): 177–197. doi:10.1590/S1676-06032008000400018. ISSN 1676-0603.

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[Carbayo2013-1] Carbayo, Fernando; Álvarez-Presas, Marta; Olivares, Cláudia T.; Marques, Fernando P. L.; Froehlich, Eudóxia M.; Riutort, Marta (2013). "Molecular phylogeny of Geoplaninae (Platyhelminthes) challenges current classification: proposal of taxonomic actions". Zoologica Scripta. 42 (5): 508–528. doi:10.1111/zsc.12019. ISSN 0300-3256.

[LZ2001-2] Leal-Zanchet, Ana Maria; Carbayo, Fernando (2001). "Two new species of Geoplanidae (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Terricola) of south Brazil". Journal of Zoology. 253 (4): 433–446. doi:10.1017/S0952836901000401. ISSN 0952-8369.

[CarbayoFroehlich2008-3] Carbayo, Fernando; Froehlich, Eudóxia Maria (2008). "Estado do conhecimento dos macroturbelários (Platyhelminthes) do Brasil". Biota Neotropica (in Portuguese). 8 (4): 177–197. doi:10.1590/S1676-06032008000400018. ISSN 1676-0603.