Plagiostomidae is a family of marine, free-living flatworms in the order

Prolecithophora The ''Prolecithophora'' are an order consisting of an estimated 300 species of small (typically 0.2 – 12 mm, one species up to 50 mm), active, aquatic flatworms. The order lacks a common English name. Most species are shaped like an e ...

Description

Species of Plagiostomidae have an oblong body with the mouth at the anterior end and the gonopore near or at the posterior end. They typically have one or two pairs of eyes and lack a brain capsule and a ciliated groove around the anterior end of the body.

Genera

Nine genera are currently considered in Plagiostomidae. However, at least one genus, ''Plagiostomum'', is paraphyletic. * '' Acmostomum'' * '' Auriculifera'' * '' Hydrolimax'' * '' Plagiostomum'' * '' Plicastoma'' * '' Puzostoma'' * '' Torgea'' * '' Tuilica'' * '' Vorticeros''

References

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