Planariidae is a family of freshwater planarians.
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| Polycelis felina | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Superfamily: | Planarioidea |
| Family: | Planariidae Stimpson, 1857 |
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The type genus is Planaria Müller, 1776.[1]
Genera
editTwelve genera of Planariidae are known:[2]
Phylogeny
editPhylogenetic supertree after Sluys et al., 2009:[2]
References
edit- ^ Ball IR: A contribution to the phylogeny and biogeography of the freshwater triclads (Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria). Biology of the Turbellaria (Edited by: Riser NW and Morse MP). New York: McGraw-Hill New York 1974 , 339-401.
- ^ a b 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.