Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Order Rhabdocoela > Suborder Dalytyphloplanida > Infraorder Neotyphloplanida > Parvorder Thalassotyphloplanida

Byrsophlebidae Graff, 1882

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Byrsophlebs*	Jensen, 1878	taxonomically included in
*Maehrenthalia*	Graff, 1905	taxonomically included in
*Maehrenthaliella*	Karling, 1985	taxonomically included in
*Parabyrsophlebs*	Karling, 1985	taxonomically included in
*Thalassoplanella*	Luther, 1946	taxonomically included in

Children

Byrsophlebs Jensen, 1878
Maehrenthalia Graff, 1905
Maehrenthaliella Karling, 1985
Parabyrsophlebs Karling, 1985
Thalassoplanella Luther, 1946

Literature

original description	Graff, L., von. (1882). Monographie der Turbellarien 1. Rhabdocoelida. [Book]. 1-442, Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.
basis of record	Faubel, A.; Noreña, C. (2001). Turbellaria, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 123-136
additional source	Schockaert, E. R.; Jouk, P. E. H.; Martens, P. M. (1989). Free-living Plathelminthes from the Belgian coast and adjacent areas. In: Wouters, K.; Baert, L. (Ed.) (1989). Proceedings of the Symposium Invertebrates of Belgium. pp. 19-25.
taxonomy source	Graff, L. von. (1905). Marine Turbellarien Orottavas und der Küsten Europas. Zeitschrift fur wissenschaftlige Zoologie. 83: 68-150. With 6 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. Byrsophlebidae Graff, 1882. 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:142102