Procerodes is a genus of marine triclads. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Procerodidae and monotypic superfamily Procerodoidea .[1]
| Procerodes | |
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| Procerodes littoralis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Suborder: | Maricola |
| Superfamily: | Procerodoidea Diesing, 1862 |
| Family: | Procerodidae Diesing, 1862 |
| Genus: | Procerodes Girard, 1850 |
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Ecology edit
Although it is mainly a marine family, specimens living in freshwater have been reported, mainly from oceanic islands of the Southern Hemisphere.[2]
Species edit
- Procerodes anatolicus (Benazzi, 1981)
- Procerodes australis Sluys, 1989
- Procerodes dahli Marcus & Marcus, 1959
- Procerodes dohrni Wilhelmi, 1909
- Procerodes lacteus Ijima & Kaburaki, 1916
- Procerodes littoralis (Strøm, 1768)
- Procerodes lobatus (Schmidt, 1862)
- Procerodes pacificus Hyman, 1954
- Procerodes plebeius (Schmidt, 1861)
- Procerodes variabilis (Bohmig, 1902)
References edit
Wikispecies has information related to Procerodes.
- ^ Diesing, 1862 : Revision der Turbellarien. Abtheilung: Rhabdocoelen. Sitzungsber Math-Naturwiss Classe der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 45 pp. 191-318.
- ^ Ball, I. R. 1974. La Faune Terrestre de l'Ile de Saint Hélène: Turbellaria Tricladida. Ann. Mus. Roy. Afr. Centrale, in 8. Zool.