Planariidae
Family of flatworms
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::summary Family of flatworms ::
| name = Planariidae | image = Polycelis felina.jpg | image_caption = Polycelis felina | taxon = Planariidae | authority = Stimpson, 1857 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = See text
Planariidae is a family of freshwater planarians.
The type genus is Planaria Müller, 1776.
Genera
Twelve genera of Planariidae are known:
- Atrioplanaria
- Bdellasimilis
- Crenobia
- Digonoporus
- Hymanella
- Ijimia
- Paraplanaria
- Phagocata
- Plagnolia
- Planaria
- Polycelis
- Seidlia
Phylogeny
Phylogenetic supertree after Sluys et al., 2009: |label1=Tricladida |1={{Clade |1=Maricola |2={{Clade |1=Cavernicola |label2=Continenticola |2={{Clade |label1=Planarioidea |1={{Clade |1=Planariidae |2={{Clade |1=Kenkiidae |2=Dendrocoelidae |label2=Geoplanoidea |2={{Clade |1=Dugesiidae |2=Geoplanidae
References
References
- 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.
- (2009). "A new higher classification of planarian flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida)". Journal of Natural History.
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