Melloplana Faubel, 1983

Rodríguez, Jorge, Grande, Cristina, Bulnes, NataliaVeronica, Almon, Bruno, Perez, Jacinto & Noreña, Carolina, 2017, Systematic revision of the family Pleioplanidae Faubel, 1983 (Polycladida, Acotylea): new genus and combinations, European Journal of Taxonomy 264, pp. 1-30 : 23

Melloplana Faubel, 1983

Fig. 6 C–D

Melloplana Faubel, 1983: 117 , fig. 37b.

Type species

Melloplana ferruginea ( Schmarda, 1859) .

Diagnosis (after Faubel 1983)

Pleioplanidae with tentacular and cerebral eye-spots; tentacles lacking. Male copulatory apparatus oriented backwards with seminal vesicle, without stylet and with penis papilla. Female apparatus usually with vagina bulbosa. Lang’s vesicle present.

Valid species:

Melloplana ferruginea ( Schmarda, 1859) .

Melloplana japonica ( Kato, 1937) .

Figures

Fig. 6. Schematic representations comparing the copulatory apparatus. A. Laqueusplana bocki gen. et sp. nov. B. L. megala (Marcus, 1952) comb. nov. C. Melloplana ferruginea (Schmarda, 1859). D. M. japonica (Kato, 1937).