Planariidae
Appearance
Planariidae | |
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Polycelis felina | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Order: | Tricladida |
Superfamily: | Planarioidea |
Family: | Planariidae Stimpson, 1857 |
Genera | |
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Planariidae is a family of freshwater planarians.
The type genus is Planaria Müller, 1776.[1]
Genera
[edit]Twelve genera of Planariidae are known:[2]
- Atrioplanaria
- Bdellasimilis
- Crenobia
- Digonoporus
- Hymanella
- Ijimia
- Paraplanaria
- Phagocata
- Plagnolia
- Planaria
- Polycelis
- Seidlia
Phylogeny
[edit]Phylogenetic supertree after Sluys et al., 2009:[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Ball IR: A contribution to the phylogeny and biogeography of the freshwater triclads (Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria). Biology of the Turbellaria (Edited by: Riser NW and Morse MP). New York: McGraw-Hill New York 1974 , 339-401.
- ^ a b Sluys, R.; Kawakatsu, M.; Riutort, M.; Baguñà, J. (2009). "A new higher classification of planarian flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida)". Journal of Natural History. 43 (29–30): 1763–1777. doi:10.1080/00222930902741669.