Acotylea is a suborder of free-living marine turbellarian flatworms in the order
Polycladida
The Polycladida represents a highly diverse clade of free-living marine flatworms. They are known from the littoral to the Sublittoral zone, sublittoral zone (extending to the deep hot vents), and many species are common from coral reefs. Only a ...
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Taxonomy
* Superfamily
Cryptoceloidea Faubel, 1984
** Family
Cryptocelidae
Cryptocelidae is a family of flatworm
The flatworms, flat worms, Platyhelminthes, or platyhelminths (from the Greek πλατύ, ''platy'', meaning "flat" and ἕλμινς (root: ἑλμινθ-), ''helminth-'', meaning "worm") are a phylum of ...
Laidlaw, 1903
** Family
Discocelididae Laidlaw, 1903
** Family
Ilyplanidae Faubel, 1983
** Family Plehniidae
Bock, 1913
** Family
Polyposthiidae
Acotylea is a suborder of free-living marine turbellarian flatworms in the order Polycladida.
Taxonomy
* Superfamily Cryptoceloidea Faubel, 1984
** Family Cryptocelidae Laidlaw, 1903
** Family Discocelididae Laidlaw, 1903
** Family Ilyplan ...
Bergendal, 1893
* Superfamily
Leptoplanoidea Faubel, 1984
** Family
Candimboididae Faubel, 1983
** Family
Faubelidae
Acotylea is a suborder of free-living marine turbellarian flatworms in the order Polycladida.
Taxonomy
* Superfamily Cryptoceloidea Faubel, 1984
** Family Cryptocelidae Laidlaw, 1903
** Family Discocelididae Laidlaw, 1903
** Family Ilyplan ...
Ozdikmen, 2010
** Family
Gnesiocerotidae Marcus and Marcus, 1966
** Family
Leptoplanidae
Acotylea is a suborder of free-living marine turbellarian flatworms in the order Polycladida.
Taxonomy
* Superfamily Cryptoceloidea Faubel, 1984
** Family Cryptocelidae Laidlaw, 1903
** Family Discocelididae Laidlaw, 1903
** Family Ilyplan ...
Stimpson, 1857
** Family
Mucroplanidae Faubel, 1983
** Family
Notocomplanidae Litvaitis, Bolaños & Quiroga, 2019
** Family
Notoplanidae
Notoplanidae is family of free-living marine turbellarian flatworms in the order Polycladida.
Genera
The following genera are recognised in the family Notoplanidae:
* '' Anthoplana'' Bo & Betti, 2019
* ''Notoplana'' Laidlaw, 1903
* ''Plagiotat ...
Marcus and Marcus, 1966
** Family
Palauidae Faubel, 1983
** Family
Pleioplanidae
Pleioplanidae is a family of flatworms belonging to the order Polycladida
The Polycladida represents a highly diverse clade of free-living marine flatworms. They are known from the littoral to the Sublittoral zone, sublittoral zone (extending ...
Faubel, 1983
** Family
Stylochoplanidae Meixner, 1907
* Superfamily
Stylochoidea
Acotylea is a suborder of free-living marine turbellarian flatworms in the order Polycladida.
Taxonomy
* Superfamily Cryptoceloidea Faubel, 1984
** Family Cryptocelidae Laidlaw, 1903
** Family Discocelididae Laidlaw, 1903
** Family Ilyplan ...
Stimpson, 1857
** Family
Callioplanidae
''Callioplanidae'' is a family of flatworms belonging to the order Polycladida
The Polycladida represents a highly diverse clade of free-living marine flatworms. They are known from the littoral to the Sublittoral zone, sublittoral zone (exte ...
Hyman, 1953
** Family
Discoprosthididae Faubel, 1983
** Family
Hoploplanidae
Acotylea is a suborder of free-living marine turbellarian flatworms in the order Polycladida.
Taxonomy
* Superfamily Cryptoceloidea Faubel, 1984
** Family Cryptocelidae Laidlaw, 1903
** Family Discocelididae Laidlaw, 1903
** Family Ilyplan ...
Stummer-Traunfels, 1933
** Family
Latocestidae
Acotylea is a suborder of free-living marine turbellarian flatworms in the order Polycladida.
Taxonomy
* Superfamily Cryptoceloidea Faubel, 1984
** Family Cryptocelidae Laidlaw, 1903
** Family Discocelididae Laidlaw, 1903
** Family Ilyplan ...
Laidlaw, 1903
** Family
Planoceridae
Acotylea is a suborder of free-living marine turbellarian flatworms in the order Polycladida.
Taxonomy
* Superfamily Cryptoceloidea Faubel, 1984
** Family Cryptocelidae Laidlaw, 1903
** Family Discocelididae Laidlaw, 1903
** Family Ilyplan ...
Lang, 1884
** Family
Pseudostylochidae Faubel, 1983
** Family
Stylochidae
Stylochidae is a family of polyclad flatworms. It includes the species '' Stylochus zebra'', which usually lives in shells occupied by the hermit crab ''Pagurus pollicaris
''Pagurus pollicaris'' is a hermit crab commonly found along the Atlant ...
Stimpson, 1857
* Not placed in any Superfamily
** Family
Anocellidae
''Anocellidus'' is a genus of flatworms belonging to the order Polycladida. It is the only genus in the monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic spe ...
Quiroga, Bolanos & Litvaitis, 2006
** Family
Apidioplanidae
Acotylea is a suborder of free-living marine turbellarian flatworms in the order Polycladida.
Taxonomy
* Superfamily Cryptoceloidea Faubel, 1984
** Family Cryptocelidae Laidlaw, 1903
** Family Discocelididae Laidlaw, 1903
** Family Ilyplan ...
Bock, 1926
** Family
Didangiidae
''Didangia'' is a genus of flatworms belonging to the order Polycladida. It is the only genus in the monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic specie ...
Faubel, 1983
** Family
Enantiidae
Acotylea is a suborder of free-living marine turbellarian flatworms in the order Polycladida.
Taxonomy
* Superfamily Cryptoceloidea Faubel, 1984
** Family Cryptocelidae Laidlaw, 1903
** Family Discocelididae Laidlaw, 1903
** Family Ilyplan ...
Graff, 1889
** Family
Euplanidae
Euplanidae is a family of flatworms belonging to the order Polycladida.
Genera:
* '' Aprostatum'' Bock, 1913
* '' Diplopharyngeata'' Plehn, 1896
* '' Euplana'' Girard, 1893
* '' Euplanina'' Sopott-Ehlers & Schmidt, 1975
* '' Euplanoida'' Faubel, ...
Marcus & Marcus, 1966
** Family
Limnostylochidae Faubel, 1983
** Family
Stylochocestidae Bock, 1913
See also
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Kaburakia excelsa
''Kaburakia excelsa'', the giant flatworm or giant leaf worm, is a species of flatworm found on the lower shore and shallow water in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It occurs on the lower shore and shallow sub-littoral zone.
Description
''Kaburakia ...
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References
External links
Turbellaria
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