Dendrocoelidae
| Dendrocoelidae | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Dendrocoelum cavaticum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Rhabditophora |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Suborder: | Continenticola |
| Superfamily: | Planarioidea |
| Family: | Dendrocoelidae Hallez, 1892 |
| Genera | |
Dendrocoelidae is a family of freshwater tricladida flatworms that has an holarctic distribution.[1]
The largest freshwater triclad known belongs to this family, it's up to 40 cm in length and inhabits the Lake Baikal.[2]
Dendrocoelidae is the sister group of Kenkiidae.[1]
Genera
Dendrocoelidae genera known are the following:[3]
Phylogeny
Phylogenetic supertree after Sluys et al., 2009:[3]
| Tricladida |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- 1 2 Sluys, R.; Kawakatsu, M. (2006). "Towards a phylogenetic classification of dendrocoelid freshwater planarians (Platyhelminthes): A morphological and eclectic approach". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 44 (4): 274. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.2006.00371.x.
- ↑ Kozhov, M. 1963. Lake Baikal and Its Life. The Hague: W. Junk. vii + 344pp.
- 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.
This article is issued from
Wikipedia.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.