Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Order Polycladida > Suborder Cotylea

Euryleptidae Stimpson, 1857

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Euryleptidae*	Lang, 1884	synonym
*Euryleptinae*	Hallez, 1913	synonym

Children

Acerotisa Strand, 1928
Cycloporus Lang, 1884
Eurylepta Ehrenberg, 1831
Oligocladus Lang, 1884
Prostheceraeus Schmarda, 1859
Stygolepta Faubel, 1984

Literature

original description	Stimpson, W. (1857). Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem a Republica Federata missa, Johanne Rodgers Duce, observavit et descripsit. Pars I, Turbellaria Dendrocoela. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 9: 19-31 [1-13 in separate].
basis of record	Tyler, S.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L. F. (comp.). (2006-2016). Turbellarian taxonomic database. Version 1.7.
additional source	Lang. (1884). ATLAS of "Die Polycladen (Seeplanarien) des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeresabschnitte. Eine Monographie. Fauna Flora Golfes Neapel. ". 39 plates.
taxonomy source	Lang, A. (1884). Die Polycladen (Seeplanarien) des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeresabschnitte. Eine Monographie. Fauna Flora Golfes Neapel. W. Engelmann, Leipzig. Fauna Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeresabschnitte. Verlag von Wilhellm Engelmann. Leipzig. I–XI, 1–688. Separate atlas with 39 plates.

Genbank

Citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Euryleptidae Stimpson, 1857. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:880120