FIGURE 20. Microplana kwiskea n in Molecular and morphological evidence for two new species of terrestrial planarians of the genus Microplana (Platyhelminthes; Turbellaria; Tricladida; Terricola) from Europe

FIGURE 20. Microplana kwiskea n. sp. Specimen K2, NHML, 2006.6.28.31. Longitudinal sections at an oblique angle. Anterior to the left. a–e show the course of the genito-intestinal canal from its origin at the posterior of the vagina (a) to its opening into the digestive diverticulum (e). c. shows the opening of the sperm ducts into the ejaculatory duct. f. Micrograph in polarised light of the section in (e) showing the circular muscle of the penis and the highly refractive granules (white) present in the digestive epithelium. There are no granules in the genito-intestinal canal (cf. M. terrestris and M. scharffi).