Seriata

Seriata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Turbellaria
Order: Seriata
Westblad, 1986
Suborders
  • Bothrioplanida
  • Proseriata

The Seriata are an order of turbellarian flatworms.[1][2]

They are found in both freshwater and marine environments, and also include a number of species found in damp terrestrial conditions. Most are free-living, but the group includes the genus Bdelloura, which lives comensally on the gills of horseshoe crabs. Seriatans are distinguished from other related groups by the presence of a folded pharynx and of a number of diverticula arising from the intestine. The intestine itself may be either simple or branched.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Artois, T. "World Register of Marine Species". Retrieved 11/03/2010. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. ↑ "Turbellarian Taxonomic Database". Retrieved 11/03/2010. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. ↑ Barnes, Robert D. (1982). Invertebrate Zoology. Philadelphia, PA: Holt-Saunders International. p. 230. ISBN 0-03-056747-5.