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Kenk R (1979) Freshwater triclads (Turbellaria) of North America. XII. Another new cave planarian from North Carolina. Phagocata carolinensis n. sp. Brimleyana 2: 91-96. |
Abstract / Notes
P. carolinesis sp. nov. from One Bat Cave, Burke County, North Carolina, is a slender, unpigmented species with 2 small eyes and is characterized by its peculiar penial anatomy and by the development of an enormous vagina with special histological differentiation. It belongs to a group of closely related species of Phagocata [P. angusta and P. holleri] distributed in the Appalachian region.
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