Otoplanidae

Otoplanidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Order:	Proseriata
Infraorder:	Lithophora
Family:	Otoplanidae; Hallez, 1892

Otoplanidae is a family of flatworms belonging to the order Proseriata. Members of the family are marine flatworms that typically inhabit the swash zone of sandy beaches worldwide.

Systematics

Four subfamilies are recognised within Otoplanidae, distinguished mainly by the degree of ciliation of the body and the shape and position of the pharynx: Archotoplaninae, Bulbotoplaninae, Otoplaninae, and Parotoplaninae.

Genera

Genera:

Alaskaplana Ax & Armonies, 1990
Americanaplana Ax & Ax, 1967
Archotoplana Ax, 1956

References

1 2 "Otoplanidae". GBIF. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
1 2 Lanfranchi, A.; Melai, M. (2008). "Parotoplana rosignana sp. nov.: Morphology, taxonomy and post-embryonal development of a new species of otoplanid (Plathelminthes, Rhabdithophora, Proseriata)". Italian Journal of Zoology. 75 (2): 197–206. doi:10.1080/11250000701694501.

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[GBIF-1] 1 2 "Otoplanidae". GBIF. Retrieved 14 June 2021.

[Lanfranchi-2] 1 2 Lanfranchi, A.; Melai, M. (2008). "Parotoplana rosignana sp. nov.: Morphology, taxonomy and post-embryonal development of a new species of otoplanid (Plathelminthes, Rhabdithophora, Proseriata)". Italian Journal of Zoology. 75 (2): 197–206. doi:10.1080/11250000701694501.