Humbertium
Humbertium is a genus of land planarians of the subfamily Bipaliinae (hammerhead flatworms).
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| Drawing of Humbertium diana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Family: | Geoplanidae |
| Subfamily: | Bipaliinae |
| Genus: | Humbertium Ogren & Sluys, 2001 |
| Type species | |
| Perocephalus ravenalae von Graff, 1899 | |
Description
Species of Humbertium are characterized by the presence of a well developed penis papilla in the copulatory apparatus, similar to the one in Bipalium, but with the ovovitelloducts entering the female atrium anteriorly and not posteriorly as in Bipalium.[1]
Etymology
The genus Humbertium is named after the Swiss naturalist Aloïs Humbert who described several species from Sri Lanka that are now classified in the genus.[1]
Species
The genus Humbertium contains the following species:[2]
- Humbertium core (de Beauchamp, 1930)
- Humbertium depressum (Ritter-Záhony, 1905)
- Humbertium diana (Humbert, 1862)
- Humbertium dodabettae (de Beauchamp, 1930)
- Humbertium ferruginoideum (Sabussowa, 1925)
- Humbertium kelleri (von Graff, 1899)
- Humbertium longicanale (Sabussowa, 1925)
- Humbertium palnisium (de Beauchamp, 1930)
- Humbertium penangense (Kawakatsu, 1986)
- Humbertium penrissenense (de Beauchamp, 1925)
- Humbertium phebe (Humbert, 1862)
- Humbertium proserpina (Humbert, 1862)
- Humbertium pseudophallicum (de Beauchamp, 1925)
- Humbertium ravenalae (von Graff, 1899)
- Humbertium subboreale (Sabussowa, 1925)
- Humbertium umbrinum (Geba, 1909)
- Humbertium voigti (von Graff, 1899)
- Humbertium woodworthi (von Graff, 1899)
References
- Ogren, R. E.; Sluys, R. (2001). "The genus Humbertium gen. nov., a new taxon of the land planarian family Bipaliidae (Tricladida, Terricola)". Belgian Journal of Zoology. 131 (1): 201–204.
- "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Humbertium Ogren & Sluys, 2001". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
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