L. Negrete, M. Francavilla, C. Damborenea, F. Brusa
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Abstract
The morphological and molecular (mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I, COI) characterization of a new species of the subfamily Geoplaninae (Geoplanidae) supports the erection of a new genus, Anophthalmoplana gen. nov. The most remarkable feature of Anophthalmoplana horticola sp. nov. is the absence of eyes, a feature so far only recorded in one species of Geoplaninae, Geobia subterranea. Other features of the species are: a narrow, ribbon-shaped body; a gonopore near the posterior tip; a creeping sole almost as wide as body width; cylindrical pharynx; voluminous extrabulbar prostatic vesicle; protrusible penis papilla occupying the whole male atrium; a common ovovitelline duct dorsal to the female atrium; the atrium being lined by an epithelium with a stratified appearance. Based on the mtDNA phylogeny, the specimens studied here form a separate clade from the genus Geobia, thus contradicting its inclusion in this genus or any other of the subfamily Geoplaninae. These results reinforce the morphological differences observed, regarding internal anatomy, from Geobia and other members of Geoplaninae. http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:317A4055-BCC8-4B89-A9DC-F96F98E803A5
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Systematics and Biodiversity is devoted to whole-organism biology. It is a quarterly, international, peer-reviewed, life science journal, without page charges, which is published by Taylor & Francis for The Natural History Museum, London. The criterion for publication is scientific merit. Systematics and Biodiversity documents the diversity of organisms in all natural phyla, through taxonomic papers that have a broad context (not single species descriptions), while also addressing topical issues relating to biological collections, and the principles of systematics. It particularly emphasises the importance and multi-disciplinary significance of systematics, with contributions which address the implications of other fields for systematics, or which advance our understanding of other fields through taxonomic knowledge, especially in relation to the nature, origins, and conservation of biodiversity, at all taxonomic levels.
The journal does not publish single species descriptions, monographs or applied research nor alpha species descriptions. Taxonomic manuscripts must include modern methods such as cladistics or phylogenetic analysis.