Continenticola

Continenticola
Schmidtea mediterranea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Turbellaria
Order: Tricladida
Suborder: Continenticola
Carranza et al., 1998[1]
Superfamilies and families[2]

Continenticola conforms a clade that includes the land planarians (Geoplanidae) and the freshwater triclads (Dendrocoelidae, Dugesiidae, Kenkiidae and Planariidae).

Phylogeny

Phylogenetic tree after Carranza et al. 1998:[1]

Tricladida

Maricola

Continenticola
unnamed

Planariidae


Dendrocoelidae


unnamed

Dugesiidae


Terricola




References

  1. ^ a b Carranza, S, Littlewood DT, Clough KA, Ruiz-Trillo I, Baguñà J, Riutort M. 1998. "A robust molecular phylogeny of the Tricladida (Platyhelminthes: Seriata) with a discussion on morphological synapomorphies". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 265(1396):631-640.
  2. ^ Sluys, R., Kawakatsu, M., Riutort, M. & Baguñà, J. 2009. "A new higher classification of planarian flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida)". Journal of Natural History, vol. 43, 1763-1777 pp.