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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaPlatyhelminthesTurbellariaTricladidaKenkiidae

Genus Sphalloplana
de Beauchamp, 1931

Species in this portal
18
Ecological class
All stygobiont
Realm
Aquatic
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
14 states and provinces
Karst regions
Appalachians, Edwards Plateau and Balcones, Interior Low Plateau, Mother Lode, Other, Ozarks
Conservation
14 of 18 ranked G1 or G2

Species in this portal

Species Common name Class Status States Karst regions
Sphalloplana buchanani (Hyman, 1937) Buchanan's Cave Flatworm Stygobiont G1G2 KY, MD, TN Appalachians, Interior Low Plateau
Sphalloplana californica Kenk, 1977 California Cave Flatworm Stygobiont G1G2 CA Mother Lode
Sphalloplana chandleri Kenk, 1977 Chandler's Cave Flatworm Stygobiont G1G2 IN, TN, VA Appalachians, Interior Low Plateau
Sphalloplana consimilis Kenk, 1977 Powell Valley Cave Flatworm Stygobiont G2G3 TN, VA Appalachians
Sphalloplana culveri Kenk, 1977 Culver's Cave Flatworm Stygobiont G1 WV Appalachians
Sphalloplana evaginata Kenk, 1977 Perryville Cave Flatworm Stygobiont G1G2 MO Ozarks
Sphalloplana georgiana Hyman, 1954 Georgia Cave Flatworm Stygobiont G1 GA Interior Low Plateau
Sphalloplana hoffmasteri (Hyman, 1954) Hoffmaster's Cave Flatworm Stygobiont G3G4 MD, WV Appalachians
Sphalloplana holsingeri Kenk, 1977 Holsinger's Cave Flatworm Stygobiont G1G2 NE VA Other
Sphalloplana hubrichti (Hyman, 1945) Hubricht's Cave Flatworm Stygobiont G2G4 IL, MO Ozarks
Sphalloplana hypogea Kenk, 1984 Stygobiont G1G2 VA Other
Sphalloplana kansensis Hyman, 1945 Kansas Cave Flatworm Stygobiont G1G2 KS Other
Sphalloplana mohri Hyman, 1938 Stygobiont G3G4 TX Edwards Plateau and Balcones
Sphalloplana percoeca (Packard, 1879) Stygobiont G5 AL, KY, TN, WV Appalachians, Interior Low Plateau
Sphalloplana pricei Hyman, 1937 Refton Cave Flatworm Stygobiont G2G3 MD, PA Appalachians
Sphalloplana subtilis Kenk, 1977 Biggers Cave Flatworm Stygobiont G1G2 NE VA Other
Sphalloplana virginiana Hyman, 1945 Rockbridge County Cave Flatworm Stygobiont G1 VA Appalachians
Sphalloplana weingartneri Kenk, 1970 Weingartner's cave flatworm Stygobiont G4 IN Interior Low Plateau

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
7Q2CJ
GBIF
2502914
ITIS
54516
iNaturalist
171591
NCBI Taxonomy
1292311

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