Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Order Acoela > Suborder Bursalia > Infraorder Crucimusculata > Superfamily Aberrantospermata > Family Mecynostomidae

Childia Graff, 1910

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Paraphanostoma*	Westblad, 1942	synonym

Children

Childia brachyposthium (Westblad, 1942)
Childia crassum (Westblad, 1942)
Childia cycloposthium (Westblad, 1942)
Childia dubium (Westblad, 1942)
Childia gracilis (Westblad, 1945)
Childia groenlandica (Levinsen, 1879)
Childia haplovata Dörjes, 1968
Childia leptoposthium (Riedl, 1956)
Childia macroposthium (Steinböck, 1931)
Childia submaculatum (Westblad, 1942)
Childia trianguliferum (Westblad, 1942)

Literature

original description	Graff, L. von. (1910). Vergleichung der nordamerikanischen und europäischen Turbellarienfauna. In: Proceedings of the Seventh International Zoology Congress, Boston Meeting, 19-24 August 1907. The University Press, Cambridge MA. 944–948.
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	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

Genbank

Citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Childia Graff, 1910. 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:142133