Pasipha is a genus of land planarians from South America.
Description
Species of the genus Pasipha have a slender and flattened body with parallel margins while creeping. The copulatory apparatus lacks a permanent penis, having a long and highly folded male atrium instead. The prostatic vesicle is located outside the muscular coat of the copulatory apparatus and divided in two portions. The female canal enters the genital antrum ventrally.
Etymology
The name of Pasipha is derived from the specific epithet of the type species, Pasipha pasipha, known as Geoplana pasipha prior to the creation of the genus.
Species
There are 29 species assigned to the genus Pasipha:
- Pasipha albicaudata <small>Amaral & Leal-Zanchet, 2018</small>
- Pasipha astraea <small>(Marcus, 1951)</small>
- Pasipha atla <small>Negrete & Brusa, 2016</small>
- Pasipha backesi <small>Leal-Zanchet, Rossi & Seitenfus, 2012</small>
- Pasipha brevilineata <small>Leal-Zanchet, Rossi & Alvarenga, 2012</small>
- Pasipha caeruleonigra <small>(Riester, 1938)</small>
- Pasipha cafusa <small>(Froehlich, 1956)</small>
- Pasipha carajaensis <small>Amaral & Leal-Zanchet, 2019</small>
- Pasipha chimbeva <small>(E.M. Froehlich, 1955)</small>
- Pasipha ferrariaphila <small>Leal-Zanchet & Marques, 2018</small>
- Pasipha hauseri <small>(Froehlich, 1959)</small>
- Pasipha johnsoni <small>Negrete & Brusa, 2016</small>
- Pasipha liviae
- Pasipha mbya <small>Negrete & Brusa, 2016</small>
- Pasipha mesoxantha <small>Amaral & Leal-Zanchet, 2016</small>
- Pasipha oliverioi <small>(Froehlich, 1955)</small>
- Pasipha pasipha <small>(Marcus, 1951)</small>
- Pasipha paucilineata <small>Amaral & Leal-Zanchet, 2018</small>
- Pasipha penhana <small>(Riester, 1938)</small>
- Pasipha pinima <small>(E.M. Froehlich, 1955)</small>
- Pasipha plana <small>(Schirch, 1929)</small>
- Pasipha quirogai <small>Negrete & Brusa, 2017</small>
- Pasipha rosea <small>(E.M. Froehlich, 1955)</small>
- Pasipha splendida <small>(von Graff, 1899)</small>
- Pasipha tapetilla <small>(Marcus, 1951)</small>
- Pasipha turvensis <small>Amaral & Leal-Zanchet, 2016</small>
- Pasipha tutameia <small>Amaral & Leal-Zanchet, 2019</small>
- Pasipha variistriata <small>Amaral & Leal-Zanchet, 2018</small>
- Pasipha velutina <small>(Riester, 1938)</small>
Also, there are some species currently considered incertae sedis:
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