Biology:Planarioidea

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Short description: Superfamily of flatworms

Planarioidea
Crenobia alpina.jpg
Crenobia alpina
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Tricladida
Suborder: Continenticola
Superfamily: Planarioidea
Stimpson, 1857
Families[1]

Planarioidea is a superfamily of freshwater triclads that comprises the families Dendrocoelidae, Kenkiidae and Planariidae.

Phylogeny

Phylogenetic supertree after Sluys et al., 2009:[1]

Tricladida

Maricola

Cavernicola

Continenticola
Planarioidea

Planariidae

Kenkiidae

Dendrocoelidae

Geoplanoidea

Dugesiidae

Geoplanidae

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7200969 entry