Newzealandia inaequabilis
| Newzealandia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Rhabditophora |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Suborder: | Continenticola |
| Family: | Geoplanidae |
| Subfamily: | Rhynchodeminae |
| Tribe: | Caenoplanini |
| Genus: |
Newzealandia Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1991 |
| Type species | |
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Geoplana inaequabilis Fyfe, 1956 |
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Newzealandia is a genus of land planarians from the New Zealand.
Species of Newzealandia are characterized by a copulatory apparatus that lacks a penis papilla and has a series of accessory glands embedded into the wall of the atrial cavity. Those glands are similar to the adenodactyls found in the closely related genus Artioposthia, the main difference being that adenodactyls project into the atrial cavity.
The name Newzealandia comes from New Zealand, the country in which the species of the genus are found.
The genus Newzealandia includes the following species:
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