Obama carbayoi

{{Short description|Species of flatworm}}

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| image_caption = Obama carbayoi

| genus = Obama

| species = carbayoi

| authority = (Oliveira & Leal-Zanchet, 2012)

| synonyms = Geoplana ladislavii Oliveira & {{nobr|Leal-Zanchet}}, 2012

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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.{{cite journal|last1=Amaral|first1=Silvana V.|last2=Oliveira|first2=Simone M.|last3=Leal-Zanchet|first3=Ana M.|title=Three new species of land flatworms and comments on a complex of species in the genus Geoplana Stimpson (Platyhelminthes: Continenticola)|journal=Zootaxa|volume=3338|year=2012|pages=1–32|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3338.1.1 }}

The copulatory apparatus includes a permanent penis papilla that occupies most of the male atrium.{{Cite book |title=Integrative approach reveals two new species of Obama (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida) from the South-Brazilian Atlantic Forest |date=2018 |volume=4455 |pages=99–126 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4455.1.4 |issn=1175-5334 |issue=1}}

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.

Etymology

The specific epithet carbayoi honors zoologist Fernando Carbayo, for his collaboration in the collection and description of several land planarians.

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Category:Geoplanidae

Category:Platyhelminthes of Brazil