Obama maculipunctata
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Family: | Geoplanidae |
| Genus: | Obama |
| Species: | O. maculipunctata
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| Obama maculipunctata Rossi, Amaral, Ribeiro, Cauduro, Fick, Valiati & Leal-Zanchet, 2015
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Obama maculipunctata is a species of Brazilian land planarian in the subfamily Geoplaninae.
Description[edit]
Obama maculipunctata is a medium-sized land planarian with a lanceolate body. The largest specimens reach more than 70 mm in length. The color of the dorsum is composed by a light-brown background covered with numerous fine black spots, as well as irregular grey flecks more concentrated at the sides, giving it a marbled aspect. The ventral side pale-yellow in the anterior third and orange in the middle and posterior thirds.[1]
The several eyes of O. maculipunctata are distributed marginally in the first millimeters of the body and posteriorly become dorsal, occupying around 20% of the body width at the median third of the body.[1]
Etymology[edit]
The specific epithet maculipunctata (Latin for spotted and punctate) refers to the numerous flecks and dots covering the animal's dorsum.[1]
Distribution[edit]
The habitat of O. maculipunctata includes moist forests in northeast Rio Grande do Sul and east Santa Catarina, southern Brazil, as well as plantations of Araucaria angustifolia and Pinus spp.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d 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.