Barreirana is a genus of land planarians from Brazil, formerly considered a subgenus of Geoplana.
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| Barreirana barreirana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Family: | Geoplanidae |
| Subfamily: | Geoplaninae |
| Genus: | Barreirana Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1990 |
| Type species | |
| Geoplana barreirana Riester, 1938
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Description
editThe genus Barreirana includes land planarians with a small and slender body, usually around 2 cm long or less. The eyes occur along the whole body, covering almost the entire dorsum. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent conical penis occupying the entire male cavity. The only two species currently considered in the genus have a dorsal color pattern including transverse bands.[1]
Etymology
editThe name Barreirana comes from the specific epithet of the type species, Barreirana barreirana (formerly Geoplana barreirana) and refers to the type locality for the species, the district of Barreira in the city of Teresópolis, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Species
editThere are two described species in the genus Barreirana:[1]
- Barreirana barreirana (Riester, 1938)
- Barreirana zebroides (Riester, 1938)
References
edit- ^ a b 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.