Timyma

Timyma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Rhabditophora
Order:	Tricladida
Suborder:	Continenticola
Family:	Geoplanidae
Subfamily:	Rhynchodeminae
Tribe:	Caenoplanini
Genus:	Timyma; E. M. Froehlich, 1978
Species:	T. juliae
Binomial name
	Timyma juliae; E. M. Froehlich, 1978

Timyma is a genus of land planarians that currently contains a single species, Timyma juliae. The species was found in Chile, but its anatomic features indicate that it is probably introduced in South America, being native from somewhere in the Pacific.[1]

Description

The genus Timyma includes planarians of elongate body and spatula-like anterior end. The testes are ventral, indicating that it is probably related to the Australasia species of the tribe Caenoplanini. However, the longitudinal cutaneous musculature of Timyma is very weak, differently from other genera in the tribe.[2] The copulatory apparatus lacks adenodactyls and a permanent penis papilla.

References

Froehlich, Eudóxia M. (1978). "On a collection of Chilean landplanarians". Boletim de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo. 3: 7–80.
Ogren, R. E.; Kawakatsu, M. (1991). "Index to the species of the family Geoplanidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part II: Caenoplaninae and Pelmatoplaninae". Bulletin of Fujis Women's College. 29: 35–58.

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[EMFroehlich1978-1] Froehlich, Eudóxia M. (1978). "On a collection of Chilean landplanarians". Boletim de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo. 3: 7–80.

[Ogren91-2] Ogren, R. E.; Kawakatsu, M. (1991). "Index to the species of the family Geoplanidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part II: Caenoplaninae and Pelmatoplaninae". Bulletin of Fujis Women's College. 29: 35–58.