Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora

Polycladida Lang, 1884 [viz. Faubel 1983/1984]

Rank: Order
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Acotylea Lang, 1884
Cotylea Lang, 1884

Vernaculars (+) (-)

French: polyclades

Japanese: 多岐腸目

Literature

basis of record	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.
basis of record	Faubel, A. (1984). The Polycladida, Turbellaria; Proposal and establishment of a new system. Part 2. The Cotylea. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 81: 189-259.
basis of record	Faubel, A. (1983). The Polycladida, Turbellaria - Proposal and estalishment of a new system Part I. The Acotylea. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 80: 17-121.
additional source	Kenny, N. J.; Noreña, C.; Damborenea, C.; Grande, C. (2018). Probing recalcitrant problems in polyclad evolution and systematics with novel mitochondrial genome resources. Genomics.
additional source	Aguado, M. T.; Noreña, C.; Alcaraz, L.; Marquina, D.; Brusa, F.; Damborenea, C.; Almon, B.; Bleidorn, C.; Grande, C. (2017). Phylogeny of Polycladida (Platyhelminthes) based on mtDNA data. Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 17(4): 767-778.
additional source	Dittmann, I. L.; Cuadrado, D.; Aguado, M. T.; Noreña, C.; Egger, B. (2019). Polyclad phylogeny persists to be problematic. Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 19(4): 585-608.
additional source	Litvaitis, M. K.; Bolaños, D. M.; Quiroga, S. Y. (2019). Systematic congruence in Polycladida (Platyhelminthes, Rhabditophora): are DNA and morphology telling the same story?. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
status source	Dittmann, I. L.; Cuadrado, D.; Aguado, M. T.; Noreña, C.; Egger, B. (2019). Polyclad phylogeny persists to be problematic. Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 19(4): 585-608.
taxonomy source	Bahia, J.; Padula, V.; Schrödl, M. (2017). Polycladida phylogeny and evolution: integrating evidence from 28S rDNA and morphology. Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 17(3): 653-678.

Genbank

Citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Polycladida. 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:2853