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

Neodermata Ehlers, 1985

Rank: Superclass
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Superclass group names

*Cestoda*		taxonomically included in
*Monogenea*	Van Beneden, 1858	taxonomically included in
*Trematoda*		taxonomically included in

Children

Cestoda
Monogenea Van Beneden, 1858
Trematoda

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: parasitic flatworms

Literature

original description	Ehlers, U. (1985). Phylogenetic relationships within the Platyhelminthes. in: S. Conway Morris, J.D. George, R. Gibson and H.M. Platt eds., The origins and relationships of lower invertebrates. The Systematics Association Special. Volume 28: Oxford, Clarendon Press, p. 143-158.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Neodermata. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=853123

Dr. David Gibson. Neodermata Ehlers, 1985. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/17edb062-5e9e-4d5c-b736-a2661a5e7ace

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Occurrence

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Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:853123
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:16175

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2019-01-22 by Dr. David Gibson & by Tom Artois

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