Genus Persica gen. nov.

Diagnosis

Pleioplanidae with oval body shape. Tentacular and cerebral eye-spots present; tentacles small. Male copulatory apparatus with spermiducal bulbs and true seminal vesicle; prostatic vesicle of atomata - type; muscularised elongated ejaculatory duct, provided with a stylet. Without vagina bulbosa or Lang’ s vesicle.

Type species

Persica qeshmensis sp. nov.

Etymology

The generic epithet derives from the latinisation of the Greek name of Persia (Περσική), gender female.