Platydemus is a genus of large predatory land planarians in the tribe Rhynchodemini.
Description
Species of the genus Platydemus are characterized by a massive, slightly convex body with a broad creeping sole and very large eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a large chamber with folded epithelium in the male atrium, usually with a small penis.
Species
The genus Platydemus includes the following species:
- Platydemus bivittatus <small>von Graff, 1899</small>
- Platydemus fasciatus <small>(Spencer, 1892)</small>
- Platydemus grandis <small>(Spencer, 1892)</small>
- Platydemus joliveti <small>de Beauchamp, 1972</small>
- Platydemus lividus <small>von Graff, 1899</small>
- Platydemus longibulbus <small>de Beauchamp, 1972</small>
- Platydemus macrophthalmus <small>von Graff, 1899</small>
- Platydemus manokwari <small>de Beauchamp, 1963</small> â "New Guinea flatworm"
- Platydemus pindaudei <small>de Beauchamp, 1972</small>
- Platydemus tabatteldii <small>Graff, 1899</small>
- Platydemus vanheurni <small>de Beauchamp, 1929</small>
- Platydemus victoriae <small>(Dendy, 1890)</small>
- Platydemus zimmermanni <small>de Beauchamp, 1952</small>
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