Genus Cestoplana

Lang, 1884

Cestoplanidae with an elongate ribbon-like body bearing an adhesive depression at the posterior end. Tentacles absent. Mouth and short pharynx situated posteriorly; intestinal trunk extending anteriorly to the cerebral organ, with numerous pairs of lateral branches not anastomosing. Genital pores separated. Male copulatory complex lies dorsally or posteriorly to its aperture; prostatic organ pyriform, interpolated; penis-papilla in penis-pocket; duplicate male complex sometimes occurs. Vagina short; 'shell'-chamber spacious, dorso-ventrically compressed; no Lang's vesicle; uterine canals extend into anterior third of the body, where they remain separated. Life-cycle not known.

Source: Prudhoe, 1982.

The following species of this genus occurs in the region:

Cestoplana rubrocincta

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