Preference for different prey allows the coexistence of several land planarians in areas of the Atlantic Forest

PK Boll, AM Leal-Zanchet - Zoology, 2016 - Elsevier
Land planarians are recognized as important predators, yet studies on their feeding habits
are usually restricted to invasive species. Thus, it is difficult to determine the real ecological …

Records of the land planarian Polycladus gayi (Tricladida, Geoplanidae) preying on black snails Macrocyclis peruvianus (Gastropoda, Macrocyclidae)

PK Boll, Y Lloncón, D Almendras - Austral Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Polycladus gayi is a colourful and easily recognizable land planarian native to the temperate
to cold rainforests of the west coast of southern South America, in Chile and Argentina; …

Two new species of land planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Geoplanidae) from protected areas in the southern extreme of the Paranaense Rainforest, Argentina

L Negrete, RD Gira, F Brusa - Zoologischer Anzeiger, 2019 - Elsevier
Here, we describe two new flatworm species of the genera Obama Carbayo et al., 2013 and
Notogynaphallia Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1990 (Geoplaninae) found in riverine forests of central …

[HTML][HTML] Coming out in a harsh environment: a new genus and species for a land flatworm (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida) occurring in a ferruginous cave from the …

AM Leal-Zanchet, AD Marques - PeerJ, 2018 - peerj.com
Faunal inventories in ferruginous caves from an area belonging to the Brazilian savanna
(Cerrado phytophysiognomy), on the eastern margin of the Serra do Espinhaço Plateau, in …

Far away, so close! Integrative taxonomy reveals a new genus and species of land flatworm (Platyhelminthes: Geoplanidae) from southern South America

L Negrete, SV Do Amaral, GG Ribeiro… - Zoological Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Land flatworms usually show low ability to disperse and high endemicity, displaying many
singletons in studies on land planarian assemblages. Thus, many species have been …

Increasing diversity of land planarians (Platyhelminthes: Geoplanidae) in the Interior Atlantic Forest with the description of two new species and new records from …

LHL Negrete, F Brusa - 2017 - ri.conicet.gov.ar
Here, we describe two new species of land planarians of the genera Pasipha and Imbira
from the Atlantic Forest of Argentina: Pasipha quirogai sp. nov. and Imbira negrita sp. nov …

Integrative approach reveals two new species of Obama (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida) from the South-Brazilian Atlantic Forest.

A Marques, I Rossi, VH Valiati, AM Leal-Zanchet - Zootaxa, 2018 - europepmc.org
The genus Obama Carbayo et al., 2013 includes 38 species, being the most species-rich
within Geoplaninae. Species of this genus show a similar anatomy regarding their …

How mollusk assemblages respond to different urbanization levels: characterization of the malacofauna in subtropical Brazilian mangroves

LO Saad, CM Cunha, KD Colpo - Marine Biodiversity, 2019 - Springer
This study aimed to describe the composition of mollusk assemblages in subtropical
Brazilian mangroves with different levels of urbanization in their watersheds. Mangroves are …

[HTML][HTML] First report of the genus Cratera (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae) in Argentina, with description of a new species and comments on the species of the genus

L Negrete, F Brusa - ZooKeys, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A new species of land planarians of the genus Cratera is described. Cratera viridimaculata
sp. n. was recorded in the Atlantic Forest Ecoregion, in north-eastern Argentina, and …

Land flatworms of the genus Pasipha (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae) in Argentina, with description of three new species

LHL Negrete, F Brusa - 2016 - ri.conicet.gov.ar
The genus Pasipha Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1990 currently includes 22 species, most of them
recorded in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Recently, Pasipha hauseri was documented in …