Bogga
| Bogga | |
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| Bogga bogotensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Rhabditophora |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Suborder: | Continenticola |
| Family: | Geoplanidae |
| Subfamily: | Geoplaninae |
| Genus: | Bogga Grau & Sluys, 2012 |
| Species: | B. bogotensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Bogga bogotensis (von Graff, 1899) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Bogga is a genus of land planarians from South America, currently comprising a single species, Bogga bogotensis, which occurs in Bogotá, Colombia.
Description
Species of Bogga have a large and broad, flat body. The copulatory apparatus lacks a permanent penis, but the male atrium is lined by multiple musculo-glandular papillae. The ovovitelline ducts enter the female atrium at the same time, without joining to form a common duct.[1]
Etymology
The name Bogga is a portmanteau of the specific epithet of the type species, bogotensis, and Amaga, another genus in the same subfamily in which the species was previously classified.[1]
References
- 1 2 Grau, José Horacio; Sluys, Ronald; Froehlich, Eudóxia Maria; Carbayo, Fernando (2012). "Reflections on the genus Amaga Ogren and Kawakatsu 1990, and description of a new genus of land planarian (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Geoplanidae)". Journal of Natural History. 46 (25-26): 1529–1546. doi:10.1080/00222933.2012.691996. ISSN 0022-2933.
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