Dugesiidae

Dugesiidae
Schmidtea mediterranea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Turbellaria
Order: Tricladida
Suborder: Continenticola
Family: Dugesiidae
Ball, 1974

Dugesiidae is a family of freshwater Tricladida distributed worldwide (except Antarctica). According to molecular analyses, Dugesiidae is the sister group of land planarians.[1][2]

Genera

Eleven Dugesiidae genera are known[3]:

References

  1. ^ 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. ^ Álavarez-Presas, M., Baguñà, J., Riutort, M. 2008. Molecular phylogeny of land and freshwater planarians (Tricladida, Platyhelminthes): from freshwater to land and back. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 47:555-568.
  3. ^ 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.