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

Faerlea Westblad, 1945

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Proconvoluta*	Dörjes, 1968	synonym

Children

Faerlea echinocardii Dörjes, 1972
Faerlea fragilis Westblad, 1945
Faerlea glomerata Westblad, 1945
Faerlea primitiva (Dörjes, 1968)

Literature

original description	Westblad, E. (1945). Studien ueber skandinavische Turbellaria Acoela. III. Ark Zool, 36A(5):1-56
basis of record	Atherton, S.; Jondelius, U. (2021). Phylogenetic assessment and systematic revision of the acoel family Isodiametridae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
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. Faerlea Westblad, 1945. 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:142149