Cratera ochra is a species of land planarian in the subfamily Geoplaninae. It is found in Brazil
| Cratera ochra | |
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| In São Francisco de Paula National Forest | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Family: | Geoplanidae |
| Genus: | Cratera |
| Species: | C. ochra
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| Binomial name | |
| Cratera ochra Rossi, Amaral, Ribeiro, Cauduro, Fick, Valiati & Leal-Zanchet, 2015
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Description
editCratera ochra is a medium-sized land planarian with a lanceolate body, reaching up to 85 millimetres (3.3 in) in length. The color of the dorsum is yellow-ochre covered with a dispersed greyish to greyish-brown pigmentation forming two diffuse and irregular longitudinal bands and two paramarginal longitudinal stripes slightly darker than the bands. The ventral side is pale-yellow.[1]
The several eyes of C. ochra are distributed marginally in the first millimeters of the body and posteriorly become dorsal, occupying around 40% of the body width on each side at the median third of the body.[1]
Aside from its coloration and dorsal eyes, C. ochra is distinguished from other members of Cratera by a glandular margin with four or more types of glands, a cylindrical pharynx, an extrabulbar prostatic vesicle with an ample, expanded proximal portion and a tubular distal portion, and ovovitelline ducts that emerge dorsally from the middle of the ovaries and ascend anterior to the gonopore.[1]
Etymology
editThe specific epithet ochra refers to the yellow-ochre color of the animal's dorsum.[1]
Distribution
editThe habitat of C. ochra includes moist forests in northeast Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil, as well as plantations of Araucaria angustifolia and Pinus spp.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Rossi, Ilana; Amaral, Silvana Vargas; Ribeiro, Giovana Gamino; Cauduro, Guilherme Pinto; Fick, Israel; Valiati, Victor Hugo; Leal-Zanchet, Ana Maria (2015). "Two new Geoplaninae species (Platyhelminthes: Continenticola) from Southern Brazil based on an integrative taxonomic approach". Journal of Natural History. 50 (13–14): 787–815. doi:10.1080/00222933.2015.1084057. ISSN 0022-2933. S2CID 86172935.