Platydemus
Platydemus is a genus of large predatory land planarians in the tribe Rhynchodemini.
Description
The genus Platydemus is 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 von Graff, 1899
- Platydemus fasciatus
- Platydemus grandis
- Platydemus joliveti de Beauchamp, 1972
- Platydemus lividus von Graff, 1899
- Platydemus longibulbus de Beauchamp, 1972
- Platydemus macrophthalmus von Graff, 1899
- Platydemus manokwari de Beauchamp, 1963 – "New Guinea flatworm"
- Platydemus pindaudei de Beauchamp, 1972
- Platydemus vanheurni de Beauchamp, 1929
- Platydemus victoriae
- Platydemus zimmermanni de Beauchamp, 1952
