Platydemus
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Description
Species of the genus Platydemus are 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.
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Species
The genus Platydemus includes the following species:
- Platydemus bivittatus von Graff, 1899
- Platydemus fasciatus (Spencer, 1892)
- Platydemus grandis (Spencer, 1892)
- 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 tabatteldii Graff, 1899
- Platydemus vanheurni de Beauchamp, 1929
- Platydemus victoriae (Dendy, 1890)
- Platydemus zimmermanni de Beauchamp, 1952
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