taxonID	type	description	language	source
0873356DDB67FFACBCA9DDE9C5B6FE63.taxon	etymology	Etymology: the specific epithet is after the father of one of us (J. McD) who encouraged her interest in natural history.	en	Jones, Hugh D., Mcdonald, Jillian C. (2021): A new species of terrestrial planarian of the genus Microplana (Platyhelminthes Turbellaria; Tricladida: Continenticola) from Yorkshire, United Kingdom; with a discussion of Microplana humicola Vejdovsky 1890. Zootaxa 4980 (1): 174-184, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4980.1.11
0873356DDB67FFACBCA9DDE9C5B6FE63.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Microplana edwardsi is distinguished from its congeners by its small size, live length 6 – 7 mm, <1 mm wide; approximately cylindrical body; creamy-white color with diffuse dark pigment anteriorly. Anatomically it has the characters of the genus, a single pair of eyes; parenchymal longitudinal muscle; a cylindrical pharynx; a pair of anterior ovaries; an unknown number of testes; conical penis papilla; genito-intestinal duct.	en	Jones, Hugh D., Mcdonald, Jillian C. (2021): A new species of terrestrial planarian of the genus Microplana (Platyhelminthes Turbellaria; Tricladida: Continenticola) from Yorkshire, United Kingdom; with a discussion of Microplana humicola Vejdovsky 1890. Zootaxa 4980 (1): 174-184, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4980.1.11
