Faubelidae is a family of

flatworms Platyhelminthes (from the Greek πλατύ, ''platy'', meaning "flat" and ἕλμινς (root: ἑλμινθ-), ''helminth-'', meaning "worm") is a phylum of relatively simple bilaterian, unsegmented, soft-bodied invertebrates commonly called ...

belonging to the order Acotylea.

Taxonomy

The family Faubelidae was previously under the name Notocirridae, named for its type genus of ''Notocirrus'' Faubel, 1983. However, a separate genus of

polychaetes Polychaeta () is a paraphyletic class of generally marine annelid worms, commonly called bristle worms or polychaetes (). Each body segment has a pair of fleshy protrusions called parapodia that bear many bristles, called chaetae, which are m ...

under the same name already existed, being ''Notocirrus'' Schmarda, 1861; this made Faubel's ''Notocirrus'' invalid under the

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, being a junior homonym. With this, Faubel's ''Notocirrus'' was replaced with the eponymous ''Faubelus'' by Hüseyin Özikmen of

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, who further proposed the replacement of Notocirridae with Faubelidae for this reason.Özdikmen, Hüseyin. (2010). A NEW FAMILY AND TWO GENERA NAMES FOR TURBELLARIA (PLATYHELMINTHES). ''Munis Entomology and Zoology Journal''. 5. 115-117. The family currently contains the following genera:

References

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