Paraba
Paraba is a genus of land planarians from South America.Description
Species of the genus Paraba have a slender body with nearly parallel margins while creeping. The largest specimens may reach about 8 cm in length. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent conical penis occupying the entire male cavity and the female cavity is rounded and filled with a multilayered epithelium.Etymology
Paraba means multicolored in the Tupi language and alludes to the name of the type-species, Paraba multicolor.Species
There are 14 species assigned to the genus Paraba:
- Paraba caapora
- Paraba cassula
- Paraba franciscana
- Paraba gaucha
- Paraba goettei
- Paraba incognita
- Paraba multicolor
- Paraba phocaica
- Paraba piriana
- Paraba preta
- Paraba tingauna
- Paraba rubidolineata
- Paraba suva
- Paraba tapira
