Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Order Tricladida > Suborder Continenticola

Planarioidea Stimpson, 1857

Rank: Superfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Dendrocoelidae Hallez, 1892
Planariidae Stimpson, 1857

Literature

original description

Stimpson, W. (1857). Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem a Republica Federata missa, Johanne Rodgers Duce, observavit et descripsit. Pars I, Turbellaria Dendrocoela. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 9: 19-31 [1-13 in separate].

basis of record

Tyler, S.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L. F. (comp.). (2006-2016). Turbellarian taxonomic database. Version 1.7.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Planarioidea Stimpson, 1857. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=880147

Dr. Carolina Noreña Janssen. Planarioidea Stimpson, 1857. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/f48daad6-f633-4ccd-a143-1634b2112b93

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, fresh

Importance

no data

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:880147
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:456254

Last modified

2016-06-13 by Dr. Carolina Noreña Janssen & by Seth Tyler

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