Newzealandia facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Newzealandia |
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| Newzealandia graffii | |
| Scientific classification | |
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Rhabditophora
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| Order: |
Tricladida
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Continenticola
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Geoplanidae
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Rhynchodeminae
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Caenoplanini
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Newzealandia
Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1991
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| Geoplana inaequabilis Fyfe, 1956
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Newzealandia is a genus of land planarians from the New Zealand.
Description
Species of Newzealandia are characterized by 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.
Etymology
The name Newzealandia comes from New Zealand, the country in which the species of the genus are found.
Species
The genus Newzealandia includes the following species:
- Newzealandia agricola (Dendy, 1895)
- Newzealandia graffii (Dendy, 1895)
- Newzealandia inaequabilis (Fyfe, 1956)
- Newzealandia inequalistriata (Dendy, 1895)
- Newzealandia iris (Dendy, 1896)
- Newzealandia moseleyi (Hutton, 1880)
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