Planariidae

Planariidae
Polycelis felina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.

Genera

Twelve genera of Planariidae are known:

Phylogeny

Phylogenetic supertree after Sluys et al., 2009:

Tricladida

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. 1 2 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.