Obama carbayoi
species of flatworm
Obama carbayoi is a species of Brazilian land planarian in the subfamily Geoplaninae.
Description
Obama carbayoi has a broad, flat and foliaceous body. It can reach up to 141 mm in length. The dorsal color is homogeneously black, slightly paler at the anterior end. Under a stereo microscope, the background color is seen as light brown covered by dense black pigmentation. The ventral side is orange with a dark margin. The eyes surround the anterior end in a single row, and after about 2 mm from the tip the rows increase to two or three. At about 1.5 cm from the anterior end, the eyes spread onto the dorsum, forming a band of about 2.5 mm on each side and, after 5.5 cm from the anterior end, they start to become sparser.
The copulatory apparatus includes a permanent penis papilla that occupies most of the male atrium.
Distribution
Currently, the species is only known from its type locality, the Parque Estadual do Turvo in the municipality of Derrubadas, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
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