''Procerodes'' is a genus of marine
triclad
A planarian is one of the many flatworms of the traditional class Turbellaria. It usually describes free-living flatworms of the order Tricladida (triclads), although this common name is also used for a wide number of free-living platyhelmint ...
s. It is the only genus in the monotypic
family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...
Procerodidae and monotypic superfamily Procerodoidea .
[Diesing, 1862 : ''Revision der Turbellarien. Abtheilung: Rhabdocoelen.'' Sitzungsber Math-Naturwiss Classe der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 45 pp. 191-318.]
Ecology
Although it is mainly a marine family, specimens living in freshwater have been reported, mainly from
oceanic islands
Oceanic may refer to:
*Of or relating to the ocean
*Of or relating to Oceania
**Oceanic climate
**Oceanic languages
**Oceanic person or people, also called " Pacific Islander(s)"
Places
*Oceanic, British Columbia, a settlement on Smith Island ...
of the
Southern Hemisphere.
[Ball, I. R. 1974. La Faune Terrestre de l'Ile de Saint Hélène: Turbellaria Tricladida. Ann. Mus. Roy. Afr. Centrale, in 8. Zool.]
Species
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Procerodes anatolicus''
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Procerodes australis''
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Procerodes dahli''
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Procerodes dohrni''
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Procerodes lacteus''
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Procerodes littoralis''
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Procerodes lobatus''
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Procerodes pacificus''
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Procerodes plebeius''
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Procerodes variabilis''
References
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Maricola