Maricola

Maricola
Sabussowia ronaldi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Turbellaria
Order: Tricladida
Suborder: Maricola
Hallez, 1892
Superfamilies
  • Cercyroidea
  • Bdellouroidea
  • Procerodoidea

Maricola is a suborder of triclads that include species that mainly inhabits salt water environments. However, some species are also known from freshwater or brackish waters.[1]

Taxonomy and Phylogeny

History

The Maricola group was first proposed by Hallez in 1892. He recognized three families: Otoplanida, Procerodida and Bdellourida.[2] Two year later, in 1984, Hallez renamed these families as Otoplanidae, Procerodidae and Bdellouridae.[3] In 1906 Böhmig classified the Maricola in two families and five subfamilies: Procerodidae (Euprocerodinae, Cercyrinae, Micropharynginae) and Bdellouridae (Uteriporinae, Eubdellourinae). In 1909 Wilhelmi wrote a monograph on the group in which five families were described: Procerodidae, Uteriporidae, Cercyridae, Bdellouridae, Micropharyngidae.[4] Von Graff used the same classification in 1916.[5] In 1989 Sluys recognized the six present families on the basis of phylogenetic analyses of the whole group.[6]

Classification

Taxonomical classification after Sluys et al. 2009:[7]

Phylogeny

Phylogenetic supertree after Sluys et al., 2009:[7]

Tricladida

Maricola

Cavernicola


Continenticola
Planarioidea

Planariidae

Kenkiidae

Dendrocoelidae




Geoplanoidea

Dugesiidae

Geoplanidae






References

  1. ↑ Ball, I. R. 1974. La Faune Terrestre de l'Ile de Saint Hélène: Turbellaria Tricladida. Ann. Mus. Roy. Afr. Centrale, in 8. Zool.
  2. ↑ Hallez, P. 1892. Catalogue des Turbellariés (Rhabdocoelides, Triclades et Dendrocoelides) du Nord de la France & de la Cote Boulonnaise. Rev Biol Nord Fra. 4:301-326; 338-350; 425-456.
  3. ↑ Hallez, P. 1894. Catalogue des Rhabdocoelides, Triclades & Polyclades du Nord de la France. 2nd ed. Lille (France): L. Daniel. 239 p. + 2 pls.
  4. ↑ Wilhelmi J. 1909. Triclade. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapal 32. Berlin (Germany): R. Friedländer und Sohn. I-XII+405 pp.
  5. ↑ Von Graff L. 1912-17. Tricladida. In: Bronn HG, editor. Klassen und Ordnungen des Tier-Reichs, Bd. IV Vermes, Abt. IC: Turbellaria, II Abt.: Tricladida. Leipzig (Germany): C. F. Winter. p. 2601-3369 + 34 pls.
  6. ↑ Sluys, R. A monograph of the marine triclads. Rotterdam and Brookfield: A.A. Balkema. XII + 463 p.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 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.
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