Adinoplana

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Adinoplana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Tricladida
Family: Geoplanidae
Tribe: Adinoplanini
Almeida & Carbayo,2022
Genus: Adinoplana
Almeida & Carbayo,2022
Species:
A. alerna
Binomial name
Adinoplana alerna
Almeida & Carbayo,2022

Adinoplana is a genus of land planarian, the sole member of the tribe Adinoplanini. It contains one species, Adinoplana alerna.[1][dubious ]

Etymology[edit]

The name of the genus, and by extension the tribe, is derived from the Ancient Greek ἁδινός (adinos), meaning "crowded", in reference to the numerous musculoglandular organs, and the Latin plana, "flat", referring to the body shape.[1]

The specific epithet of alerna is an abbreviated anagram deriving from Alerce Andino National Park.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Ana Laura Almeida and others, The discovery of new Chilean taxa revolutionizes the systematics of Geoplaninae Neotropical land planarians (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 197, Issue 4, April 2023, Pages 837–898, doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac072.